Community Council

The Community Council for Women’s Health Research at Yale

Community Council for WHRY with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro and Dr. Carolyn Mazure. 1/26/06.

The Council for Women’s Health Research at Yale comprises community leaders with a shared commitment to advancing women’s health research.  The Council provides advice and guidance regarding community health needs and leads our effort in ensuring that Women’s Health Research at Yale will exist in perpetuity through endowed support.

The continuing research and educational efforts of Women's Health Research at Yale are made possible through the support of the Council and by generous contributions from foundations and individuals including our Founding Members, Innovators in Women's Health, and the Society of Friends.

Council for Women's Health Research at Yale
Diane F. Ariker, Orange, CT
Mary B. Arnstein, Hamden, CT
Rita D. Berkson, Branford, CT
Elisa Spungen Bildner, J.D., Montclair, NJ
Denise B. Davis, Fairfield, CT
Fran DeToro, New Haven, CT
Pamela Ehrenkranz, J.D., New York, NY
Marjorie Northrop Friedman, J.D., Weatogue, CT - Chair
Honorable Sam Gejdenson, Branford, CT
Kim A. Healey, New Canaan, CT
Rosemary Hudson, Boston, MA and Vero Beach, FL
Susan Lustman Katz, J.D., Branford, CT
Eileen S. Kraus, Cape Cod, MA and West Hartford, CT
Kevin McCann, J.D., Hartford, CT
Roslyn Milstein Meyer, Ph.D., Guilford, CT
Marion Piro, Greenwich, CT
Carol F. Ross, New Haven, CT
Patricia Russo, New Canaan, CT
Lynne Jacobson Schpero, New Haven, CT
Diane Smith, West Hartford, CT

Special Advisor
Linda Koch Lorimer, J.D.

Development Advisor
Martha Carlson

Honorary Members
Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro
Honorable Geraldine A. Ferraro
Honorable Nancy L. Johnson
Governor M. Jodi Rell
Joanne Woodward
State Comptroller Nancy Wyman

Past Chairs
Denise B. Davis (2006 - 2007)
Susan Lustman Katz, J.D. (2004 - 2006, Acting 2008)
Mary Jane Burt (2001 - 2004)