Wesley Poling ’71 M.Div.

Dr. Wesley Poling began his higher education career at Yale in 1971, where he served as Director of Alumni Records and Director of the Agents Program for the Yale Alumni Fund. He then went on to serve eight years as Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations at Goucher College in Maryland, followed by ten years as President of Kentucky Wesleyan College. Yale welcomed Poling back in 2004 as the Director of Graduate School Capital Giving. He has since retired but still actively engages with Yale University and the larger New Haven community, informally auditing classes, volunteering his time at New Haven Reads, and serving on the YDS Alumni Board.