Associate Vice President for Administration
Janet Lindner
Janet Lindner is the Associate Vice President for Administration and is responsible for operational areas including police, security, parking, transportation, travel, graduate housing, and publishing services. Previous assignments included start-up operations at the West Campus; responsibility for the University’s human resources, labor relations, and procurement services; and start-up and management of the University’s cooperative labor-management partnership. Ms. Lindner was previously director of the University’s Tercentennial celebration. Prior to joining Yale in 1997, she was Chief Administrative Officer for the City of New Haven, responsible for the city’s operating departments including police, fire, facilities, public works, human resources, procurement, and the libraries. Before coming to New Haven, she worked in the Mayor’s Office in the City of New York, as deputy director of the city’s labor-management programs and later as Assistant Director of Operations. She holds a B.S. in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University, a master’s in public administration from Baruch College, and a doctorate in higher education management from the University of Pennsylvania. She is an adjunct faculty member at New England College, teaching “Managing People in Colleges and Universities” at the graduate level.
Last Updated: September 5, 2012 (jts).
