Staff
Rachel Littman
BA, Yale; JD, Seton Hall Law School
Executive Director
Rachel has been with YANA since 2015. She co-founded the YANA New England Chapter and was a member of the Board’s Executive Committee as Chair of Chapter Chairs. She also started the Rhode Island Chapter of Yale Women. Starting July 2021, Rachel will assume the role of President of the Yale Club of Houston. Rachel worked for several years as a Wall Street corporate finance attorney before turning her attention to higher education and nonprofit governance. She served as the chair of the Board of Trustees of Moses Brown School, an independent K-12 Quaker school in Providence, RI. Rachel also focuses on matters related to racial and socioeconomic inequities in access to and success in education through her research platform website, www.SeeTheGaps.org. Rachel stepped up to be YANA’s first Executive Director in 2019.
Liana Epstein
BA, Yale
Communications Director
Marta Hodgkins-Sumner
BA, Yale
Volunteer Social Media Director
Marta Hodgkins-Sumner graduated from Yale College in 2010. She has worked both domestically and abroad in nonprofit capacity building, education, and international development, including as a volunteer in the inaugural class of Peace Corps Kosovo, and as the Director of Membership and Programs at the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network. She’s currently a Manager of Corporate Partnerships at The Global FoodBanking Network, an organization which unites and strengthens food banks worldwide. Marta is excited to support YANA’s mission and to strengthen the Yale community’s involvement in the nonprofit and social impact space.