About Kimberly M. Goff-Crews

Kimberly M. Goff-Crews, B.A., J.D.

Kimberly Goff-Crews is the Secretary and Vice President for University Life at Yale. The University Secretary role dates to the founding of the institution, with Secretaries appointed pro tempore until 1770, and thereafter created by vote of the Yale Corporation, now known as the Yale Board of Trustees. The University Secretary oversees university ceremonies, diplomas, the academic calendar, and other university functions.

Ms. Goff-Crews is the 20^th trustee-appointed University Secretary and the first to hold the joint title of Vice President for University Life. As Vice President for University Life, she oversees non-academic aspects of student and university life in service of the university’s mission, including the university chaplaincy, free expression and peaceable assembly, and institutional equity and accessibility.

Ms. Goff-Crews brings to the role of Secretary and Vice President for University Life a wealth of student affairs experience and extensive knowledge of Yale. She is a graduate of Yale College and Yale Law School. After several years in private law practice, she became an assistant dean in Yale College and director of the Afro-American Cultural Center. Before returning to Yale, Ms. Goff-Crews was vice president for campus life and dean of students at the University of Chicago. She also served as the dean of students at Wellesley College and as chief of staff to the president and director of planning at Lesley University.

Ms. Goff-Crews is a commissioner for the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, a member of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, and serves on the board of United Educators and the board of the International Festival of Arts and Ideas.