Aaron Gertler '15

Aaron is a co-founder of Yale Effective Altruism. He likes effective altruism because it promotes clear thinking and could make the future a better place to live. He writes a blog on many topics, including EA, and works as a content marketer at the Centre for Effective Altruism.

Tammy Pham '15

Tammy is a co-founder of Yale Effective Altruism and was born in Saigon, Vietnam. She is a Cognitive Science major interested in memory and how it shapes behavior and identity. She hopes that effective altruism will build a world in which people live longer, create more memories, and form many more good memories than bad. She is now studying medicine at UC San Diego.

​Šimon Podhajský '15

Prague's born and raised, Šimon received a B.S. in Cognitive Science with a focus on irrationality. Effective altruism appeals to him because anything worth doing is worth doing with a statistically significant effect. He has worked as a postgraduate associate at the Yale Decision Neuroscience Lab.

Gabe RIssman '16

Gabe is from Summit, NJ. He is interested in doing the most possible good in his lifetime, and is particularly interested in existential threats to humanity. Gabe enjoys philosophical discussions, climate change activism, and floating dance parties.

Tan Zhi​ Xuan '18

A researcher-in-training from the island-state of Singapore, Xuan studied electrical engineering and computer science at Yale, with a particular interest in machine learning of social and moral norms. Despite initial skepticism, Xuan joined YEA because they came to see it as one of the best ways to use their class privilege and relative wealth to improve the world, and hopes to use their position to help bridge the divide between social justice and EA – a divide which rightfully shouldn’t exist.