Hayley Haldeman

Since March 2024, Hayley has worked as Chief Administrative Officer with the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, the $70 million nonprofit organization stewarding Pittsburgh’s Cultural District. In this role, she oversees a broad portfolio including board governance, shared services, human resources, and other aspects.

Prior to this role, Hayley was Counsel with Dentons Cohen & Grigsby’s Nonprofit and Tax-Exempt Organizations group, assisting a broad array of nonprofits with complex legal and governance issues, including in the frequent role as outside general counsel.

From 2019 through 2022, Haldeman served as interim, then permanent, Executive Director of the Mattress Factory, a contemporary installation art museum in Pittsburgh, PA. Prior to her role at the Mattress Factory, she was a litigator for seven years in the Pittsburgh office of Jones Day. For her legal work, Haldeman was recognized as a "Rising Star" by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers from 2014 – 2019.

A Pittsburgh native, Haldeman is active in civic and community affairs. In 2023, Governor Josh Shapiro appointed her as Chair of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. She
sits on the Board of Directors for the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania and previously co-chaired the Allegheny County Bar Association’s Nonprofit Law Committee, among other engagements. Pittsburgh Magazine recognized Haldeman as a “40 Under 40” awardee in 2018.

Haldeman is an adjunct faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy. She graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law and the George Washington University. She lives in Mount Lebanon with her husband and two children (Matthew, 4, and Theodora, 2).