Admitted Students Program | Speakers

Elizabeth Gill | Assistant Dean for Career Development

Email: elizabeth.gill@yale.edu

Elizabeth Gill is the assistant dean for Career Development at Yale’s Jackson School of Global Affairs. In her role, she develops programs for and advises students from Jackson’s M.P.P. program to assist them in making connections and constructing application materials that help them to meet their career objectives. Prior to starting at Yale at Jackson’s inception in summer 2010, Elizabeth worked at Duke University for 10 years in career services and in study abroad. She holds an M.A. in liberal studies from Duke University and a B.A. in East Asian studies from the College of Wooster in Ohio.

Lily Sutton | Assistant Dean for Student Affairs

Email: lily.sutton@yale.edu

Lily Sutton is the assistant dean for student affairs at Yale’s Jackson School of Global Affairs, where she supports the academic and co-curricular experience of graduate and undergraduate students and oversees student-organized events and activities. Before coming to Jackson, she was director of admissions for five years at Yale School of Music, where she was responsible for all aspects of recruitment and enrollment management for the school. Lily has worked in higher education since 2008; she was assistant to the director of the Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue, an interdisciplinary arts initiative of the Provost’s office at New York University, and director of admissions at Bard College Conservatory of Music. She holds a Master of Education degree from Harvard Graduate School of Education and a Bachelor of Arts in History from Wesleyan University.

Alexa Schlieker | Director of Finance and Administration

Email: alexa.schlieker@yale.edu

Alexa Schlieker is the Director of Finance and Administration at Yale’s Jackson School of Global Affairs. In her role, she oversees the Business Office, Budget Planning and Analysis, Facilities, and Financial Aid. Before coming to Jackson, Alexa was the operations manager for the FAS Dean’s Office, the Dean’s Office of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and various academic departments and units. She has worked at Yale since 2010 and holds a degree in economics from the University of Freiburg, Germany.