Associate Vice President for Administration
Janet Lindner
Janet Lindner is the Associate Vice President for Administration, with responsibility for operational areas including publishing services, travel, parking, transportation, graduate housing, and support services. She is also responsible for communications for the university's Human Resources and Administration areas, and has directed Yale’s human resources and procurement services and helped develop the University’s cooperative labor-management program. In addition to her operational responsibilities, Janet works on a number of university-wide initiatives, including start up operations for campus services at the university's new West Campus. Janet served as Executive Director of Administrative Operations for Finance and Administration after the completion of Yale’s Tercentennial celebrations, which she directed.
Previously, as Chief Administrative Officer for the City of New Haven, Janet supervised the city's operating departments, including police, fire, facilities, public works, parks, human resources, labor relations and procurement. Prior to serving as CAO of New Haven, she worked in the Mayor’s Office of the City of New York, as Deputy Director of the city’s Labor-Management/Quality of Work Life program and later as Assistant Director of the Mayor’s Office of Operations, responsible for citywide project management and productivity initiatives. She previously served as Assistant to the President of the New York Hotel Trades Council, HERE, a consortium of union locals, and as Business Agent for Local 32B-32J, the largest local of the Service Employees International Union.
Lindner holds a B.S. in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University, a master's degree in public administration from Baruch College, City University of New York, and a doctorate in higher education management from the University of Pennsylvania.
Last Updated: March 11, 2009 (jts).
