Vice President for New Haven and State
Affairs and Campus Development
Bruce D. Alexander, B.A., J.D.
Bruce Alexander was appointed Yale’s Vice President and Director of New Haven and State Affairs in May 1998. In February 2006, when he assumed responsibility for the oversight and management of facilities planning, construction, renovation, and operations, his title was changed to Vice President for New Haven and State Affairs and Campus Development.
Mr. Alexander retired in 1996 from the Rouse Company to engage in civic activities after twenty-five years as a senior executive with the company. At Rouse, he was Senior Vice President and Director of the Commercial Development Division, responsible for the development of retail and mixed-use properties throughout the United States. Many major urban projects were executed under his direction, including Harborplace in Baltimore, Miami’s Bayside, and Portland’s Pioneer Place.
Mr. Alexander was a civic leader in Baltimore, where he served on numerous boards including the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; the Columbia Foundation, of which he was president; and Goucher College, where he chaired the Board of Trustees and was a recipient of the John Franklin Goucher medal for service to the institution.
In New Haven, Mr. Alexander chairs the Board of Market New Haven and serves or has served on the boards of the International Festival of Arts and Ideas, the New Haven Development Commission, the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, Science Park, Tweed Airport Authority, and Connecticut Public Broadcasting. Mr. Alexander, who has also been an Adjunct Professor at the Yale School of Management, holds a B.A. from Yale College and a J.D. from Duke University.
