Ms. Hadley has been the Director of the Saint Paul Public Library since August of 2009. She was previously the Director of the Minneapolis Public Library system from 2003-2007, where she was credited with creating a strategic plan to guide the system through tightening budgets following cuts in state aid.

In the housing arena, Ms. Hadley recently served as Executive Director of Heading Home Minnesota, a state-wide campaign to end homelessness in that state, working with leaders in business, government, faith communities, non-profits and philanthropy.  She also served as Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner and Government Affairs Director at the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency from 1989-2002.  In the 1980s, Ms. Hadley was a staff attorney for Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services and the Legal Services Advocacy Project. 

A graduate of Hampshire College and the University of Minnesota Law School, she received a Reginald Heber Smith Community Lawyer Fellowship upon graduation from law school.  Ms. Hadley has served on the boards of the National Council of State Housing Agencies, the Minnesota Citizens League and the St. Paul Public Housing Authority, and is currently on the boards of the Minneapolis Foundation, the University of Minnesota Foundation, the Hearth Connection and the Lawyer's Trust Account Board.