Gabor Debreczeni, Director, Yale Entrepreneur Magazine
gabor.debreczeni@yale.edu
Gabor Debreczeni is a senior Economics major with pretend half-majors in Journalism and Urban Studies. He's been editing for the YE for three years and is now trying to fill some part of Justin Woo's gigantic footsteps. Gabor also loves petty stylistic changes, cutting entire sentences, and listening to indie music. He has interned for Dow Jones Newswires in London and lives in Florida.

Phil Shao , Director, Department of Technology
philip.shao@yale.edu

Philip Shao is a sophomore computer science major in Pierson college who spends most of his time messing up and fixing this website. In the few hours of his day where he is not either doing the aforementioned activities or sleeping, he is eating, doing magic tricks, or playing the guitar. Philip Shao is from Los Angeles, California and loves the sunny weather.

Jessica Cole , Director, Department of Social Entrepreneurship
jessica.cole@yale.edu

Jessica Cole is a sophomore in Yale College planning to major in either English or Political Science with an Urban Studies concentration. She has been part of the YES staff since her freshman year, when she worked in the Social Entrepreneurship Department to plan the first annual Social Entrepreneurship Conference at Yale and the High School Program. She is a passionate advocate of businesses as vehicles of social change as well as a junkie for entrepreneurial blogs. When she is not brainstorming start-ups with teens, Jessica spends her time pursuing her own social media venture, giving tours, learning about New Haven as an Urban Fellow, and volunteering with the Yale Hunger and Homelessness Action Project.

Steven Blumenfeld , Director, Department of Innovation
steven.blumenfeld@yale.edu

Steven Blumenfeld is a junior at Yale and is currently pursuing a double-major in Political Science and International Studies. This will be Steven's third year with YES, and he previously served as an Associate Director where he organized a panel on the economic crisis and collaborated between YES and the Mory's Association, and as a staff member in the Community Outreach division where he helped to create and implement an entrepreneurship program for local high school students. He spent his previous summer in Swaziland and South Africa addressing the HIV/AIDS crisis through theater. Steven also serves on the board of the Mory's Association and has helped to restructure the organization. He lives in Jonathan Edwards College and is originally from Lido Beach, New York.

Cameron Musco , Director, Department of Finance
cameron.musco@yale.edu

Cameron Musco is a sophomore planning to major in either Computer Science or Mechanical Engineering. He first became involved in YES as a freshman in the Finance and Technology Departments. He also works with the Yale Economic Review and is a member of Yale’s formula hybrid racecar team. This past summer he interned at Moody’s Investors Service in New York working for their Infrastructure Finance Department. Cameron is originally from Rhode Island and lives in Pierson.

Brandon Wilton , Director, Department of Development
brandon.wilton@yale.edu

Brandon Wilton is a senior Economics major in Yale College. Last year, he was Chief Financial Officer. He is also a former Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Economic Review and is a member of the Yale International Relations Association. Brandon has studied Mandarin Chinese in Beijing as part of the Princeton-in-Beijing program, has interned at a Shanghai consulting firm, and has interned in private equity in New York. Brandon is most interested in finance and venture capital in China, and hopes to make a career in a related field after graduation.

Shabdha Chigurupati , Director, Department of Conferences
shabdha.chigurupati@yale.edu

Shabdha Chigurupati is a sophomore at Yale in Morse College and a prospective Economics and International Studies major. She is particularly interested in international economic development. As a freshman, Shabdha served as a member of the Development Department and focused on raising money from foundations. Apart from YES, Shabdha is a Managing Editor for the Yale Economic Review, a Staff Analyst for Maya, a student-run consulting, marketing and advertising firm, and an avid tennis player.

Jason Weed, Director, Department of Competitions
jason.weed@yale.edu
Jason Weed is a junior in Yale College majoring in Chinese and Economics. As a sophomore he was a Judging Director for the Y2K and Y50K entrepreneurial competitions. In the past he has interned at Enterpricing, an international tax firm in Buenos Aires, Argentina. From summer 2007 through spring 2008 studied Chinese at the Harvard Beijing Academy and at the Associated Colleges of China in Beijing. In China he also worked in the international finance department of a credit-reporting start-up in Zhongguancun, "China's Silicon Valley." In the summer of 2009 he will be interning at Taishan Capital Corporation, an investment banking firm, in Beijing.

Max Uhlenhuth , Director, Department of Communcations
max.uhlenhuth@yale.edu

Max is a sophomore in Timothy Dwight college and plans on majoring in computer science. Max is interested in all things technical. In his role as director of the Communications Department he will work to streamline communication both internally and between YES and the greater New Haven community through innovative online solutions. Outside of YES, Max implements web applications for other student startups and is co-founder and CEO of AccuScholar, a web-based school data-management company. In his free time, Max helps run the (totally unofficial) Timothy Dwight blog and hopes to expand blogging to the other residential colleges at Yale.

Alina Yang , President
alina.yang@yale.edu
Alina Yang is a senior Economics and International Studies major. This is her third year serving on the Board; she first ran the Community Outreach department, which launched the YES High School Entrepreneurship initiative two years ago, and the Social Entrepreneurship department this past year. She believes passionately in the power of entrepreneurship as a platform for students to transform ideas into action, and hopes to pursue a future in entrepreneurship education. Outside of YES, she has also served as the President of AIESEC, an international leadership and business organization, and captain of the women's water polo team. She has also held internships with Forbes China in Shanghai and Asia Pacific Investment Partners in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.