Board of Directors
President
Adrian Bonenberger '02
As an undergraduate, Adrian Bonenberger (DC ’02) was a writer, editor, and ultimately Publisher of YRC. He’s a longtime believer in The Yale Record, and the potential of satire to hold the powerful accountable.
Vice President
Liz Kingsley '19
Liz Kingsley was Chair of the Record from 2017-2018 after serving as a staff writer and then an editor. As Chair, she initiated the annual 24-Hour Issue and produced the Humorist of the Year Award in 2018. Having aged into an Old Owl, she now works professionally with other Old things: buildings. She is disappointed to learn they don't laugh back.
Secretary
Robert Schlaff ‘99
Robert Schkaff was Publisher and Chairman from 97-99, a time when the internet was still mostly cat videos, and comedy was mainly distributed on paper. For work, he dabbles in financial technology—because nothing screams “comedy” quite like fintech. He still finds time to write on his blog at schlaff.com, where he shares the kind of quirky, offbeat thoughts that leave readers wondering whether they’ve just read something profound or just mildly confused.
Treasurer
Michael Gerber '91
Michel Gerber was the first two-time Chairman in the history of The Record, and refounded The Yale Record Corporation in 2002. After a 35-year career in professional comedy, including SNL and The New Yorker, he currently runs The American Bystander.
Assistant Treasurer
Arnav Tawakley '24
Arnav Tawakley was Publisher in '22-'23, where he oversaw the 150th Anniversary Gala, combed through magazine archives, and performed regular standup with the Cucumber. He values the Record as a place where Yale's history and traditions can combine with a forward-looking vision.
Hysterical Archivist
Donald Watson '59
Donald Watson is our hysterical archivist at work on a the Yale Record Anthology of its 150 years and continuing contributions to American arts, letters, and entertainment. Really. Don is active as an architect, artist and author of numerous books, most recently a fifty-year retrospective, Out of Line: the graphic humor of D. Watson (2023).
Vicky Liu '19
A proud Canadian and lover of bespectacled owls, Vicky served as Publisher of the Record from 2017-2018. Prior to her role as Publisher, Vicky was the 2016-2017 Business Manager and a 2015-2016 Online and Publicity Staff Member.
Ralph Hirshorn '60
Yale Record Controller 1957–1960. Established Yale Film Society in 1957. Winner of The Ralphie, which should have been New Haven’s most prestigious film award, for the Yale Film Society–produced The End of Summer, which also won the Screen Producers Guild Award in 1960. Yale Daily News film critic.
Michael Thornton '09
Michael was Editor-in-Chief of The Yale Record in 2008-2009 and served as Chairman of the Student Advisory Board from 2011-2013.