Weili Cheng has a long history of service to her alma mater. She graduated from Yale with a B.A. in philosophy in 1977. Shortly afterward, she became actively involved as a Yale volunteer, assuming a place on the YAA Board of Governors and rising to board chair in 1992 (serving until 1994). In doing so, she became the youngest and first female graduate of Yale College to hold that position.
In addition to her roles on the YAA Board of Governors, Cheng has served on the board and as president of the Yale Club of Washington, D.C., as chair of her Class Council, as an Alumni Schools Committee volunteer, a trustee of the Yale Library Associates, and on a number of university committees. Since 1994, she has served on the board of directors of Yale Alumni Publications, Inc., which publishes Yale Alumni Magazine. In 1997, Cheng was awarded the Yale Medal, the YAA’s highest honor. She is the immediate past executive director of the Yale Alumni Association, a position she fulfilled from 2016 through 2024.
Previously, Cheng was senior vice president and chief counsel for The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, a subsidiary of Marriott International, Inc. Prior to joining Ritz-Carlton, she served as chief counsel for international lodging operations at Marriott.
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