Brendan Walsh

Brendan has overall responsibility for providing administrative support for the international activities of the schools, programs, and individual faculty across the university. These efforts focus on supporting the development of new projects with partner universities, particularly to expedite the contributions of other Yale offices during the start-up phase and during troubleshooting, managing visits to Yale by university delegations and other dignitaries, and safeguarding Yale’s reputation around the world. He also leads the university’s emergency response in the event of a medical emergency, natural disaster, or civil unrest that happens abroad. Brendan serves as the director of the Office of International Affairs and in addition, the offices of International Students and Scholars and Yale Young Global Scholars also report to him.