Alaina Kleinbeck

Associate Executive Director, Coordination Programs

akleinbeck@div.duke.edu

Alaina Kleinbeck is the Associate Executive Director for Coordination Programs at Leadership Education at Duke Divinity. She and her team support more than 300 grantees in the Thriving in Ministry and Thriving Congregations Coordination Programs.

Alaina has served ministries and organizations in suburban St. Louis, urban Houston, Central America and Norway. She holds degrees from Concordia University Nebraska and Duke Divinity School. From 2013 to 2018, she was director of the Duke Youth Academy for Christian Formation. Before that, she was a director of Christian education working with middle school students. She is committed to developing faithful Christian practices within communities, eliminating barriers to resources for Christian communities and pastors at the margins, and including young people in all aspects of life in the church.