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EXCLUSIVE: Two of Yale's apical diversion officials bought a location together a twelvemonth earlier 1 of them was hired by nan university, a deed obtained by Fox News Digital shows. Former colleagues person alleged nan 2 officials are successful a romanticist relationship, and alleged that a erstwhile administrator was pushed to discontinue to vacate a position for 1 of nan partners.
Yale's Executive Deputy Director/Chief Operating Officer of Athletics Ann-Marie Guglieri and Deputy Director of Athletics Mary Berdo, who are nan 2nd and 3rd top-ranked positions astatine nan diversion section nether Athletic Director Victoria Chun, purchased a location together successful Milford, Connecticut, successful June 2018, nan deed shows. Berdo was past hired by the university successful April of 2019.
Chun, Guglieri and Berdo antecedently worked together astatine Colgate University’s diversion department. Yale’s then-president appointed Chun arsenic athletics head successful February 2018, and she joined Yale successful July 2018. Guglieri started that aforesaid month.
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Over 54,000 capable nan Yale Bowl for nan 2nd half of nan 141st plays of "The Game" betwixt nan Yale Bulldogs and nan Harvard Crimson connected November 22, 2025 successful New Haven, Connecticut. (Sean D. Elliot/Getty Images)
Two erstwhile labor of nan Yale athletics section person alleged that Guglieri and Berdo are successful a romanticist relationship. Additional erstwhile labor person alleged a erstwhile administrator was pressured to judge a voluntary status package, which past created an opening for Berdo.
Guglieri and Berdo’s narration does not look to break Yale’s workplace policies, which state: "Staff are expected to debar romanticist aliases intersexual relationships pinch labor and trainees for whom they person aliases mightiness reasonably expect to person supervisory aliases reporting responsibilities."
A Yale athletics statement floor plan obtained by Fox News Digital, created immoderate clip aft 2019, shows that Berdo and Guglieri do not person a reporting aliases supervisory narration pinch each other. Instead, some study straight to Chun.
Although nan narration does not break Yale policy, 1 erstwhile Yale coach opined that it is "totally unprofessional" that 2 group pinch activity roles successful nan Athletics Department "are successful a narration pinch each other."
The erstwhile coach told Fox News Digital, connected nan information of anonymity, that it was "well-known" successful nan section that Guglieri and Berdo were "a couple," moreover though "they didn’t make it obvious." He said they "came arsenic a packaged deal."
A erstwhile Yale diversion administrator told Fox News Digital nether nan information of anonymity that nan narration was "widely known" successful nan diversion department.
Two erstwhile labor said nan athletics section could not summation its headcount to prosecute Berdo astatine nan aforesaid clip it hired Guglieri. But Fox News Digital learned that a erstwhile athletics section administrator reluctantly accepted a voluntary status package, and past Berdo was hired soon thereafter.
The erstwhile elder subordinate diversion head was allegedly fixed "no choice" but to judge nan voluntary status package successful nan autumn of 2018, creating a vacancy successful nan department’s beforehand agency anterior to Berdo’s hiring, according to a erstwhile Yale Athletics worker pinch firsthand knowledge of nan situation.
"A elder subordinate diversion head was called successful in October of 2018 and was pressured to judge a status package, and this personification had nary prime but to return this status package and springiness 90-day notice, and conscionable aft nan 90-day notice, Mary Berdo was hired," nan erstwhile worker said.
Former Yale men’s lucky caput coach Keith Allain told Fox News Digital that nan erstwhile employee’s recollection of nan pressured status and eventual hiring of Berdo is accordant pinch what he had been told by individuals wrong nan athletics department. Allain declined further comment.
Yale fans watching their sides nonaccomplishment during nan Harvard Vs Yale, College Football, Ivy League deciding game, Harvard Stadium, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. 22nd November 2014. Photo Tim Clayton (Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)
Sources pinch whom Fox News Digital said did not declare that Guglieri participated successful nan action process for Berdo. But 1 said location was "a immense mobility people surrounding nan convenient hiring of Mary Berdo, besides from Colgate," and whether nan process was wholly objective.
While Yale declined to remark "on individual unit matters," a spokesperson for nan assemblage president’s agency told Fox News Digital: "We tin corroborate that Yale has a robust group of unit and disclosure policies that it followed."
Before she joined Yale, Berdo was nan elder subordinate diversion head astatine Colgate University and a personnel of nan department’s executive elder staff. She antecedently worked astatine nan NCAA nationalist headquarters and arsenic adjunct head of events and championships astatine nan University of Michigan. She played hoops for nan University of Iowa.
"Vicky was only capable to bring 1 director, Ann-Marie, pinch her astatine nan commencement of her Yale tenure," different erstwhile Yale Athletics worker told Fox News Digital connected nan information of anonymity.
The worker said he had near Yale by nan clip Berdo was hired but questioned whether nan process whitethorn person progressive "preferential treatment," arsenic "Mary’s prosecute seemed to beryllium predetermined a twelvemonth successful advance."
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Fox News Digital has reached retired Guglieri and Berdo via their assemblage email addresses, and to an email reside believed to beryllium to Chun, but has not received a response.
Fox News Digital has verified nan personality of nan erstwhile labor who said connected nan information of anonymity and that they worked astatine Yale successful nan provided timeframes. Other sources contacted by Fox News Digital did not conflict aliases contradict immoderate of nan supra allegations.
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Head coach Keith Allain of USA during believe earlier nan 2011 IIHF World U20 Championship Group A crippled betwixt USA and Finland connected December 26, 2010 astatine HSBC Arena successful Buffalo, New York. (Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images)
A missive signed by Allain addressed to Yale President Maurie McInnis alleged that Chun has created a "toxic environment" for nan university's sports teams.
Fox News Digital published nan missive past Monday aft confirming pinch Allain that he sent nan missive to McInnis via email successful October, soon aft his retirement.
"I americium penning to you astatine nan urging of respective caput coaches successful our Athletic Department. They told maine that you were soliciting feedback from a fewer coaches regarding extending nan statement of our diversion director, and are concerned, that pinch nan civilization of fearfulness that permeates nan diversion department, you will not person candid feedback," nan missive began.
The missive later wrote, "Vicky’s singular talent is aforesaid promotion and has created a toxic situation wrong nan section wherever she is insulated by a cadre of administrators whose main task seems to beryllium silencing immoderate dissent," nan missive continued.
Newman’s lawyer did not allege that either Chun aliases Guglieri were responsible for making nan recording.
The missive — sent astir 4 years aft Newsman’s departure from nan assemblage successful 2021 — requested a "settlement dialogue, including some financial and non-financial terms." Newman has not taken ineligible action against Yale aliases immoderate representatives of Yale, and Fox News Digital does not cognize whether nan parties person settled their dispute.
As portion of nan missive exchange, a erstwhile lawman wide counsel for Yale confirmed to Granovsky: "A erstwhile worker recorded a information of a gathering pinch your client, without nan university's knowledge." The lawyer for Yale denied various different allegations made by Granovsky.
A consequent missive indicates that Yale later provided a transcript of an audio record to Granovsky connected October 28, 2025. Granovsky responded connected November 17 pinch questions astir nan signaling and noted that Yale’s argumentation prohibits "surreptitious" recordings.
The existent type of Yale’s signaling policy, which took effect successful 2024, states: "Except arsenic authorized by University personnel, participants successful meetings successful nan people of employment aliases curricular aliases extracurricular activities whitethorn not grounds specified meetings without nan support of each participants."
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Fox News Digital cannot corroborate if immoderate further letters were exchanged betwixt Newman’s attorneys and representatives of Yale.
A root provided copies of nan missive and email speech betwixt Granovsky and Yale to Fox News Digital, and Newman confirmed their authenticity.
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Jackson Thompson is simply a sports newsman for Fox News Digital covering captious governmental and taste issues successful sports, pinch an investigative lens. Jackson's reporting has been cited successful national authorities actions related to nan enforcement of Title IX, and successful bequest media outlets including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Associated Press and ESPN.com.
