Under the leadership of John Pepper, former VP of Finance and Administration, the Yale Asian Staff Affinity Group was created to serve as a hub for existing Yale University employees of Asian descent. When launched in October 2006, the Asian Staff Affinity Group was expected to create opportunities of cultural awareness about its culture, beliefs and values, promote opportunities of social interactions and to assist with recruiting individuals of Asian heritage to the university. The overall expectation was to create a world class workforce which represented the diversity of the world.
At the same time, the African American Affinity Group and the Yale Latino Networking Groupwere launched, each having similar goals and objectives.
In 2009, the Yale Asian Staff Affinity Group was rebranded to the Asian Network at Yale.
