Our Team
Chief Executive Officer
Scott Staniar
Scott Staniar brings a wide range of business, urban youth development and tennis leadership experience to New HYTEs, along with ties to the New Haven area. Scott graduated from Yale in 1985, where he captained the Yale Men’s tennis team and earned All-Ivy honors in singles & doubles. After 15 years of corporate leadership with Pepsi, Cadbury Schweppes and American Express, Scott led a USTA national multi-cultural advertising campaign and regional launch entitled Tennis Welcome Centers; designed to increase inner city tennis participation rates. One of those pilots included East Shore Park in New Haven, which has served thousands of students since its inception. More recently, Scott served for 6 years as the Vice President of Tennis, Fitness and Summer Programs for Tenacity Inc. in Boston; where he led a summer program serving over 5,000 Boston and Worcester students with tennis and academic mentorship, along with a middle school program serving over 500 elementary, middle, and high school students.
Board
Board of Directors
Alex Dorato, President
Cary Leeds Coach of Men’s Tennis (Retired)
Yale University
Robert Alpern
Ensign Professor of Medicine (Nephrology)
Professor of Cellular & Molecular Physiology
Dean of Yale Medical School (former)
Kathleen Brown-Dorato
Director of Development
Major Gifts and Planned Giving
Yale School of Management
Connor Dawson
Vice-President
Growth Catalyst Partners
Yale Class of ‘13
Jeff Dawson
Cofounder
Rhabit
Yale Class of ‘10
Kyle Dawson
Investment Professional
Kinderhook Industries, LLC
Yale Class of ‘14
George Howard
Human Resource Manager (Retired)
IBM
Stewart Hudson
Executive Director
Leon Lowenstein Foundation
Yale Class of ‘81
Amy Marx
New Haven Legal Assistance Association
Visiting Clinical Lecturer, Yale Law School
Meghan McMahon
Former Yale Women’s Tennis Coach Yale University
Andrew Metrick
Janet L. Yellen Professor of Finance & Management Yale School of Management
Susan Metrick
Anna Mobarak
Henry Muggia
Board Fellow
Yale School of Management ‘24
Douglas Rae
Richard S. Ely Professor Emeritus of Management Yale School of Management
Christopher Shackelton
Managing Partner and Founder Coliseum Capital Management
Jeeten Singha
Foot & Ankle Surgeon Connecticut Orthopaedics
Chris Walters
Board Fellow, Yale School of Management ‘23
Jerry Weil
Head Coach/Founder Jerry Weil Adaptive Tennis
Patricia Whitlock
President Design Specialties, Inc
Staff & Volunteers
New HYTEs Staff & Volunteers
Volunteers
Yale Undergraduate Volunteers
