Linda Koch Lorimer was Vice President for Global and Strategic Initiatives at Yale University, where she was responsible for an array of administrative departments.
Lorimer practiced law in New York City for a year at Davis Polk & Wardwell before returning to Yale as Assistant General Counsel.
[3] Lorimer held a series of administrative positions at Yale between 1978 and 1986, including service as the youngest Associate Provost in the university's history.
[8] In recent years, she helped to develop an ambitious strategy and numerous programs for internationalizing Yale.
Currently, she is guiding Yale's use of digital technology to disseminate the university's intellectual treasury more extensively in the United States and around the world.
Lorimer was awarded the Order of Merit by the Government of Argentina in 2003 for advancing international education.
She received the Sandra Day O'Connor Award by the American Bar Association for board excellence in 2008.
Lorimer is married to Charles Ellis, founder of Greenwich Associates, who has been a consultant for companies, foundations, and governmental agencies and served for over a decade as a member of the Yale Corporation.