Lauren Harris '14
President

Robert Cole '75
Treasurer 

Allin "Chip" Seward '65
Secretary

Chip is the Yale Club of Washington’s VP for membership. Although Chip (’65, cum laude in history) is a Washington, D.C., native, he grew up in Westchester County, New York. An early exposure to France led to a life-long attachment to all things French.  He spent my junior year from Yale in Paris on the Sweetbriar program and taught French as a teaching fellow at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, after graduating.  As a student at the University of Michigan Law School, Chip interned for the Jackson, MS, office of the NAACP Legal and Educational Fund, Inc., then led by Marion Wright Edelman.  After receiving his J.D., he held a series of positions as an international business lawyer in private practice and industry, culminating in the position of Vice President, General Counsel, of the French pharmaceutical company Sanofi, at their Paris headquarters.  Chip continued to live in Paris until 2016, practicing law, working as a movie extra, a model, and finally starting his own business as a translator of legal and financial documents between French and English and providing auxiliary and support services to law firms. Chip served as President of the Yale Club of France from 1993 to 2003, President of Democrats Abroad France (1995-1999), and a member of the Executive Board of the Paris American AIDS Committee.  Chip also organized an association of LGBTQ professionals in Paris called the Gay Association of Paris Professionals.  He has been active in the Section of International Law of the American Bar Association, serving on the Section’s Council and as co-chair of its Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Network.  Chip was elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the Yale Club of Washington, D.C. in 2017, and has been helping to organize dinner programs and helping with community service as well.

Antonio Ingram '11

Elisabeth Layton '90 '96 JD

Elisabeth Layton is a graduate of both Yale College, JE’90, and Yale Law School, YLS ’96.  Originally from New York City, she has spent most of her adult life either in New Haven or in the Washington, DC area.  Elisabeth graduated from Yale College with a Distinction in History.  While there, she was involved with several public interest organizations, including both those involved in the New Haven community and those with an international focus.  These included Dramat Children’s Theater, the Youth Together tutoring/mentoring program, and the campus chapter of Amnesty International, of which she was one of the leaders over the course of three years.  After college, Elisabeth moved to Washington, DC but remained firmly connected to New Haven by working on the legislative staff of Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, who was then at the beginning of her 30-year career representing Connecticut’s 3rd District — which includes New Haven — in Congress.  During law school, Elisabeth again pursued work on behalf of the New Haven community through the law school’s clinical program as well as hr interest in international human rights through participation in the the international human rights law clinic as well as in a USAID-funded exchange program with law students and professors in Chile and Argentina.

Elisabeth’s career as an attorney began with a clerkship for a federal district court judge in Washington, followed by several years at a law firm working in both complex litigation and international trade law practices.  She then joined the Department of Justice as a trial attorney in the Civil Division, where she represented federal government agencies in a variety of litigation, involving primarily administrative and constitutional law.  After 17 years at DOJ, over the past 5 years Elisabeth has worked first at the Treasury Department on providing legal advice concerning international affairs and more recently has joined the Consumer Products Safety Commission, where she is an attorney with the regulatory affairs division of the Office of General Counsel.

Elisabeth has enjoyed being an involved alum, including mentoring college students interested in pursuing law school through 1stGenYale and mentoring law students in Washington for the summer through Yale Law Women.  She found it rewarding to participate in the most recent Yale Day of Service and hopes to continue and expand her involvement in both mentoring and community service through serving on the Yale Club of DC’s board of directors.

Roy Niedermayer '69

Linda Luisi '84 MA

Nathan Isaacs '20

Robert Reisner '68

CA native of Washington, D.C. Robert graduated with Honors in American Studies from Yale in 1968 where he was in Berkeley.  When he graduated from Yale he received the Corning Traveling Fellowship for study and travel around the world for the year ’68 and ’69.  He graduated from Harvard Business School with Distinction in 1971 and between years worked in Washington for the team creating the Environmental Protection Agency. When he graduated from HBS he came to Washington to work for the first Administrator of EPA, William Ruckleshaus.  Later, working for the Office of Management and Budget he worked on the first Energy Crisis and worked on energy and environmental issues in government and as a partner in several consulting firms for the next several decades including teaching for three years at the Yale School of Management.  A surprise phone call from a recruiter for the Postmaster General led to the opportunity to join the leadership team of the USPS with responsibility for digital initiatives at the dawn of the Internet Age.  He went on to serve as Chief Strategy Officer and Chief of Staff for the Postmaster General.  Today he is an independent consultant, a Senior Advisor to A.T. Kearney and is developing a new venture seeking to green supply chains, combining experience with energy and the environment and ecommerce. 

Andrew Craig '14

Yvonne Painstil '14 S.O.M. 

Yvonne is delighted and honored to be given the opportunity to serve the Yale Club of Washington D.C. She has enjoyed participating in activities of the club such as networking and social events, presentations by different speakers, Yale Day of Service, and more. These have been interesting and rewarding, and have enabled her to broaden her horizon, increase her network, touch lives and importantly, stay connected to the Yale Community. She deems this privilege to serve on the board as an opportunity to help define the strategic direction of the club and advance existing programs.

She is an alumnus of the Yale School of Management. Currently she works as a contractor for the United States Government in the field of Business Intelligence and Data Analytics where she leverages her expertise to provide institutions with actionable insights that drive business growth. She has a knack for problem-solving and has advised C-suite clients to implement initiatives that transform their businesses and spur long-term profitability. Yvonne has experience working on other continents.

Some of her best moments are the times she spends, especially with family, and friends. She loves to travel to different destinations to learn more about diverse cultures and sightsee. She is a fan of outdoor activities such as walking but loves to play indoor games such as scrabbles. Her favorite pastimes include entertaining, preparing culinary delights and baking. As an avid reader, she loves to learn about various topics of interest. In her spare time, she volunteers for different charities or nonprofits.

She looks forward to connecting, meeting, and getting to know more of you in person.