The CPD supports current students and alumni in preparing for and developing impactful sustainability- and environment-related leadership roles in scientific, academic, and management careers across a broad spectrum of sectors and fields.
Kathy Douglas
Kevin Doyle
Isabella Dueñas
N'Kiyah Galberth
Ayoosh Jadhav
Kate Regan-Loomis
Maya Sanyal
Remey Schneider
Ashley Tozzi
Senior Associate Director
Kathy’s expertise includes mentoring, advising, networking etiquette and strategies, job offer negotiations, interview preparation, self-directed job and internship search strategies, navigating 10k+ employee organizations and agencies, application materials writing, career readiness competencies, US federal career searches, creating LinkedIn profiles and making your account a robust networking tool, and CV writing for academic or research focused jobs.
Expertise also includes career services communications, online career tools, and programming for a global population of graduate and professional students at Yale University. She is an active networker / connector deeply familiar with the broad range of career paths of students and alumni at YSE and The Forest School at YSE.
Kathy serves on the NACE Principles for Ethical Professional Practice Committee for the 2023-24 academic year. She holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing, an M.F.A. in Museum Studies, a B.A. in Studio Art, and is a freelance writer/editor and practicing poet. Super powers include finding typos (other people’s) and being an introvert with above average people skills!
From 1988 to 2007, Kevin was National Director of Program Development at the former Environmental Career Organization (ECO). ECO was a national nonprofit organization that organized and managed employer-paid environmental internships and fellowships at hundreds of public, private and nonprofit employers. In his time there, ECO served over 10,000 college students and recent graduates from colleges and universities in all fifty states. ECO’s federal government partners included NOAA, EPA, NPS, DOE, USFWS, USDA Forest Service, DOT, and BLM.
Prior to ECO, Kevin was the Executive Director of Neighborhood Economic Development Corporation (NEDCO) in Eugene, Oregon, and was a Land Use, Energy and Community Development Planner for Kitsap County Government in the Puget Sound region of Washington State.
Kevin is the co-author of three popular environmental career reference books from Island Press in Washington, DC, including The ECO Guide to Careers That Make a Difference, The New Complete Guide to Environmental Careers, and The Complete Guide to Environmental Careers in the 21st Century.
Associate Director
Isabella Duenas joined the CPD team as Associate Director in March 2024. She oversees the summer experience program, employer engagement, and programming. She joined us from the Yale School of Management where she served as Assistant Director at the Center for International Finance. Previously, she held various roles in student affairs at Brown University, Oberlin College, and New York University. She has an M.A. in International Education from New York University and a B.A. in Global Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
N’Kiyah graduated from the University of Connecticut in 2020 with a Bachelor’s in Political Science. While attending the University of Connecticut, she had the opportunity to serve as an administrative assistant in various departments. During summer breaks, she was a research intern at the Yale Law Library and Medical Library through the New Haven Promise Program. N’Kiyah is interested in a career in higher education leadership. During her free time, her eight-year-old sister and French bulldog, Pops, keep her very busy. N’Kiyah is a New Haven resident and always seeking new opportunities to get involved in community environmental initiatives. She’s been a pescatarian for ten years but is still a major foodie and loves trying new restaurants!”
Kate is excited to help her peers explore their strengths and pursue opportunities through reviews of resumes and other application materials related to jobs and internships. She can provide overall consulting as well as editing suggestions.
Kate is a first-year MF with an interest in land conservation and management in the northeastern United States. She comes from a background in nonprofit communications, where she provided comms support to her organization’s teams and leadership to help achieve their climate and environmental justice program goals. She is passionate about running, pickled and fermented foods, and meticulously crafted playlists.
Hours: Tuesday, 12:00-2:00 pm (Drop-in at Kroon Café) & Wednesday, 4:00-6:00 pm (Marsh classroom)
Associate Director
Competencies include career counseling, employer relationship management, and career success program development and implementation. She draws from evolving knowledge in neuroscience, cognitive behavioral therapy, and positive psychology to educate students and clients on tools to practice a growth mindset, resilience, and hope and methodically implement strategies to ensure short- and long-term career success. Born and brought up in Kolkata, India, Maya has a Ph.D. in English Literature and a Master’s degree in Counseling, speaks Hindi and Bengali, and has two dogs to keep her grounded when she lives too much in her head: Boochie and CJ.
Remey is looking forward to working with peers to review resumes and related application materials for jobs and internships.
Remey is a first-year MEM student focusing on business and the environment, tribal economic development, and tribal sovereignty issues. He is originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, and spent the years before YSE working for the Ohio EPA in the Division of Air Pollution Control.
You can meet with Remey during his drop-in hours on Mondays (9am-10:30am over Zoom), Wednesdays (12pm-2pm on the third floor of Kroon), and Fridays (9am-10:30am over Zoom).
Clifton Strengths: Responsibility | Consistency | Input | Significance | Includer
MBTI: ESTJ
Assistant Director of Academic Affairs
