Office of the Secretary & Vice President for University Life
The Office leads the university’s work to further diversity, equity, and inclusion; crafts the vision for student life; and oversees major institutional events and services.
Kimberly M. Goff-Crews, 鈥�83 B.A., 鈥�86 J.D.
Secretary & Vice President for University Life
Kimberly M. Goff-Crews is secretary and vice president for university life at Yale.
Kimberly Goff-Crews is the Secretary and Vice President for University Life at Yale. The dates to the founding of Yale, 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 20th 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.
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 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.
Ms. Goff-Crews is a commissioner for the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and a member of the board of United Educators, an insurance company that supports educational institutions, and the International Festival of Arts and Ideas. She is also a member of the 2020 NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education Annual Conference Leadership Committee and chairs the Vice Presidents of Student Affairs Initiatives.