Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President for External Affairs

As Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President for External Affairs, Yvette Jones is responsible for providing leadership and essential resources for policy direction. She oversees several departments including Institutional Development, Strategic and Campus Planning, University Communications, Government Relations, Institutional Research, Board Relations, Technology Transfer and Business Development, Human Resources, and Information Technology. Jones is directly responsible for guiding the University to raise $700 million for endowment, capital, and other programmatic purposes.

Yvette Jones, Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President for External Affairs
(504) 865-5259
yjones@tulane.edu

Kathleen Kent , Executive Assistant to the Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President
(504) 865-5259
kkent@tulane.edu

Rhonda Coignet, Executive Director of Strategic Planning and the Office of External Affairs
(504) 862-8330
rhondac@tulane.edu

Tulane University
218 Gibson Hall
6823 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70118