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Professionals</h3> <h6><strong>Our Vision</strong></h6> <p>Future Leaders of Yale (FLY) provide a voice, resources, and support for Yale staff members in the early stages of their career who seek to develop and strengthen their impact at Yale. Through networking, professional development, personal development, mentorship, and encouraging career advancement, we are committed to supporting the recruitment, retention, and advancement of qualified professionals within Yale. By doing so, FLY will contribute to the longevity, strength, and value of the University as well as the greater New Haven community.</p> <p>Recognition of challenges unique to professionals at the beginning of their career trajectory, such as starting a family, navigating a career path, and best strategies for experience/educational opportunities, are at the center of FLY’s initiatives.</p> <h6><strong>Our Primary Objectives</strong></h6> <ul> <li>Develop and champion opportunities for professional development</li> <li>Cultivate strong skill sets and promote career advancement within the university</li> <li>Generate significant networking opportunities among diverse departments and rank levels</li> <li>Create and foster opportunities for mentorship with university leaders</li> </ul> <h6> </h6> <p><strong>Sponsorship</strong></p> <p>FLY receives funding from the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at Yale, and our programming is driven by a steering committee of staff members who volunteer their time and skills. </p> </div></div></div> </div> <div class="clearfix"> <nav class="links node-links clearfix"></nav> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-3 pull-5 region region-sidebar-first sidebar yale-boxed-sidebar" id="region-sidebar-first"> <div class="region-inner region-sidebar-first-inner"> <div class="original-sidenav" data-set="append-sidenav"> <div id="additional-nav" class="addnav-ready"> <span class="additional-nav-button"><a id="additional-nav-button" role="button" aria-expanded="false" tabindex="0"><span class="ready">Additional Navigation</span><span class="close">Close</span></a></span> <nav class="block block-menu-block block-1 block-menu-block-1 odd block-without-title" id="block-menu-block-1" role="navigation"> <div class="block-inner clearfix"> <div class="content clearfix"> <div class="menu-block-wrapper menu-block-1 menu-name-main-menu parent-mlid-0 menu-level-2"> <ul class="menu"><li class="first leaf active-trail active menu-mlid-729 menu-about-us"><a href="/about-us" class="active-trail active-trail active">About Us</a></li> <li class="collapsed menu-mlid-719 menu-steering-committee"><a href="/about/steering-committee">Steering Committee</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-771 menu-past-fly-events"><a href="/events/pastflyevents" title="">Past FLY Events</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-715 menu-who-can-get-involved?"><a href="/about/who-can-get-involved">Who Can Get Involved?</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-722 menu-faqs"><a href="/about-fly/faqs">FAQs</a></li> <li class="last leaf menu-mlid-764 menu-affinity-groups-at-yale"><a href="/about/affinity-groups-yale">Affinity Groups at Yale</a></li> </ul></div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-4 region region-sidebar-second sidebar yale-boxed-sidebar-second" id="region-sidebar-second"> <div class="region-inner region-sidebar-second-inner"> <aside class="block block-block block-12 block-block-12 odd block-without-title" id="block-block-12" role="complementary"> <div class="block-inner clearfix"> <div class="content clearfix"> <blockquote><h4>“The creation of FLY is an exciting development for the University. This new workforce network will help to increase the ‘connectedness’ that we know our young professionals value, while providing an ongoing source of feedback about how to make Yale an even more stimulating and fun place to work!”</h4> </blockquote> <p><img alt="" class="floatleft" src="/sites/default/files/images/Peel%2C-Mike41414.jpg" style="margin-right:10px; height:143px; width:111px; float:left" width="111" height="143" /> <strong>Michael Peel</strong><br /> Former: FLY Executive Sponsor<br /> Vice President for Human Resources & Administration</p> </div> </div> </aside> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </main> <footer id="section-footer" class="section section-footer" role="contentinfo"> <div id="zone-footer-wrapper" class="zone-wrapper zone-footer-wrapper clearfix"> <div id="zone-footer" class="zone zone-footer clearfix container-12"> <div class="grid-2 region region-footer-first" id="region-footer-first"> <div class="region-inner region-footer-first-inner"> <div class="footer-logo"><a href="http://www.yale.edu" class="y-icons y-yale y-mark"><span class="element-invisible">Yale</span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-6 region region-footer-second" id="region-footer-second"> <div class="region-inner region-footer-second-inner"> <p class="copyright"> <a href="https://usability.yale.edu/web-accessibility/accessibility-yale">Accessibility at Yale</a> · <a href="http://www.yale.edu/privacy-policy">Privacy policy</a> <br> Copyright © 2025 Yale University · All rights reserved </p> <div class="block block-footer-message block-footer-message block-footer-message-footer-message odd block-without-title" id="block-footer-message-footer-message"> <div class="block-inner clearfix"> <div class="content clearfix"> <p><a href="/contact-us">Contact us</a><br /> Affinity group membership is open to all staff of the Yale Community.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></footer> </div> <div class="region region-page-bottom" id="region-page-bottom"> <div class="region-inner region-page-bottom-inner"> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> <![CDATA[//><!]]> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://fly.yale.edu/sites/default/files/js/js_JMVekk522eOkII71K9F5yD4Su-iRqPdTR_-LxjPAtMk.js"></script> </body> </html>