FRMS - Key Persons
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- Senior Labor Relations Representative, 203 - 432 - 9823
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- Relations Talent Acquisition Coordinator, 203 - 432 - 8985
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- Senior Director of Employee Relations
- Yale in 2014 As the Assistant Director for Employee Relations
Bridgett LaFountain is the Senior Director of Employee Relations where she leads a team of HR Business Partners that provide Human Resources collaboration and solutions for the central academics and professional schools.
Previously, Bridgett served as the Director, Employee Relations for the School of Medicine since 2017. In the fall of 2021, Bridgett also served as the the interim Director for the Talent Acquisition team for one year and was the program lead for the Recruitment Strategic Initiative.
Bridgett joined Yale in 2014 as the Assistant Director for Employee Relations and led the Employee Relations teams that partnered with Hospitality, Facilities, New Haven and State Affairs, and Athletics.
Prior to Yale, Bridgett spent 13 years at Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company, where she held positions of increasing responsibilities in Labor Relations, Talent Acquisition, and HR partner roles with Engineering, Development Programs, Operations and Quality organizations. In these roles, she led key human resources initiatives such as program management, organization design, talent acquisition, labor relations and employee engagement.
Bridgett has a BS degree from Shepherd University and a MS degree in Labor Relations from the University of New Haven where she also was an adjunct professor teaching human resource management.
Bruce Monte, Jr. joined the University's Human Resources team as the Head of Total Rewards in November 2022. Bruce previously spent time in New Haven as a Yale undergraduate, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering cum laude before obtaining his masters in Chemical Engineering Practice at MIT.
As Head of Total Rewards, Bruce leads the team responsible for designing and delivering compensation programs for Yale's salaried and hourly staff and benefit programs for both staff and faculty, with the objective of attracting and retaining the talented and diverse workforce necessary for the university to achieve its mission.
Bruce began his career as an aerospace engineer (or as he likes to say, "an actual rocket scientist") with Grumman Aerospace. He quickly changed gears and spent nearly two decades as a consulting actuary, working at several global HR consultancies. As a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, Bruce worked with a variety of large employers helping them develop, communicate, finance, and administer retirement benefits, including several years when he served as the actuary for Yale-New Haven Hospital.
He then took his consulting skills in-house, working in a variety of positions related to employee benefits for several large organizations across a wide range of industries. These organizations included Fortune- 50 companies PepsiCo and UnitedHealth Group, financial services icon Morgan Stanley, and - immediately prior to joining Yale - the Federal Reserve.
Bruce describes himself as a "long-suffering Mets and Jets fan and an avid Springsteen fan (no suffering required)." Away from the office, he is a "voracious reader" of science fiction and fantasy, plays tennis and platform tennis, and most recently, as he notes, has "succumbed to the national obsession with pickleball." Bruce and his wife Robin are "ecstatic" to return to Connecticut, where they lived in Fairfield for over 20 years, raising three children there. Now in Shelton, Bruce and Robin have two border collies.
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- Strategic Labor Relations Advisor, 203 - 432 - 9873
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- Senior Labor Relations Representative, 203 - 436 - 5027
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- Senior Vice President for Operations
Mr. Callahan, who earned a B.A. at Yale in 1980 and an M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth in 1986, has held leadership positions at a number of major global organizations. He began his career as a consultant in the New York and London offices of McKinsey and Company.
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- Associate Vice President for Union - Management and Strategic Initiatives, 203 - 4361257
- Contact Our Administration
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- Head of Talent Acquisition
Janet Gipson is the Head of Talent Acquisition (TA) for Yale University. She leads a team of TA professionals and is responsible for all aspects of staff hiring for Yale including the function and placement of recruiting technologies, processes, and people that deliver talent for Yale. Janet chose Talent Acquisition after a successful career in sales engineering, business development, and finally as the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for DISH Network. Janet draws on the parallels between sales/marketing and talent acquisition as the key to learning how to attract and retain talent in this hyper-competitive talent market. With math, engineering, and business degrees, Janet applies her technical background to the data-driven marketing and people talent space to deliver consistently for organizations. A compassionate professional that always looks for ways to give back, she holds or has held memberships in Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated; Jack and Jill of America, Inc.; Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM), the Association of Talent Acquisition Professionals (ATAP), and other professional organizations. Janet is a board member of the Pilates Method Alliance while she is working on her comprehensive Pilates certification. Janet has been married for 26 years to Marcus, and they have three children, a son-in-law, and a grandson.
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- Senior Labor Relations Representative, 203 - 436 - 8828
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- Vice President, Human Resources
Prior to his role as Yale's Chief Human Resources Officer, John served as Indiana University's vice president and chief human resources officer. His accomplishments include implementing a comprehensive strategic plan and redesigning the HR delivery model to improve effectiveness in staff recruitment, retention, and professional development. He created a diversity, equity, and inclusion taskforce to review HR practices and policies before launching DEI initiatives to support an inclusive and equitable workplace.
John earned a J.D. in labor and employment law and B.A. in American studies from the University of Notre Dame. After graduation, he focused on HR because of a desire to be involved in all aspects of a workplace and to support the people whose talents and commitment are essential to the success of an organization. He was passionate about helping people, business operations, and communities thrive. Prior to his role at Indiana University, he was the vice president and chief human resources officer at Baylor University and also took on complex leadership responsibilities in HR for the University of Notre Dame, the Gillette Company, Bristol Myers Squibb, and Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
A nationally recognized and awarded leader, John is at the forefront of HR practice. He served as the chair of the board for the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources, and has received the Donald E. Dickason Award, in recognition of his exemplary leadership in his field. He also serves on the board for the American Research Universities Human Resource Institute and has mentored scores of HR professionals at all career stages.
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- Associate Director, Financial Reporting
- Authorized Financial Officer
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- Best Practices Talent Acquisition Coordinator, 203 - 432 - 7357
- Training Talent Acquisition Coordinator, 203 - 432 - 7357
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- Assistant Vice President
- Assistant Vice President for Human Resources Operations
- Member of the DiversAbility at Yale ( DAY ) Group
Susan Riggs is the Assistant Vice President for Human Resources Operations. In this role, she is responsible for leadership of the Employee Services Center, HR Operational Services, Office of Faculty Support, and HR Innovation and Strategic Support (HRISS). She began her career at Yale in 2006 as an Assistant Administrator in the Department of Surgery. In 2008, she joined HR as Human Resources Generalist and over the years provided Human Resources support and leadership in many areas, including the Yale School of Medicine and the officer units.
Prior to coming to Yale, Susan worked for Spherion Staffing, initially managing on-site placement offices including Birkenstock in Novato, California and Harvard University. She then moved to area management of offices in California and Massachusetts. Susan has a bachelor's degree in English and Speech Communications from the University of Richmond in Virginia.
Susan is a member of the DiversAbility at Yale (DAY) group. She is also a tutor and board chair at New Haven Reads.