Associate Vice President and Director of New Haven Affairs at Yale
Alexandra Daum serves as Yale University’s Associate Vice President for New Haven Affairs and University Properties. In this role, she oversees Yale’s commercial real estate portfolio including the University’s retail and restaurant tenants. She also manages Yale’s relationship with the City of New Haven in order to foster local economic development, strengthen neighborhoods and support New Haven public schools. Prior to Yale, Alexandra served as the Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner for Economic Development for Governor Ned Lamont. In these roles, she drove public investment in economic development projects across Connecticut, including real estate developments, public-private partnerships and urban revitalization efforts. Alexandra earned a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Alexandra lives in downtown New Haven with her husband Alex Kleiner ’08 and two children.