Aspen is a place for leaders to lift their sights above the possessions which possess them. To confront their own nature as human beings, to regain control over their own humanity by becoming more self-aware, more self-correcting, and hence more self-fulfilling.
Alexis serves as Managing Director of Strategy at the Aspen Institute, advancing Institute-wide strategic plans and impact initiatives. She is a passionate and experienced leader of organizations advancing social change, with a strong focus on leveraging networks, cross-sector collaborations, and entrepreneurial approaches. She previously spent 7 years as the Managing Director of the Aspen Institute’s leadership programs, fostering values-based leadership globally. Before the Aspen Institute, Alexis served as the Director for Social Innovation at Georgetown University’s Institute for Reproductive Health, where she led a mobile health enterprise in India, and previously, as the Head of Strategy at the Skoll Center for Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford University’s Said Business School, designing programs and partnerships to support social ventures and systems-level impact initiatives. She has also worked on designing a gender-lens investing initiative at Criterion Institute, building a global coalition for government impact investing with the Global Social Progress Imperative, and advancing thought leadership for the field through writing and speaking on these topics. She started her career at Ashoka, where she supported a network of over 3,000 social entrepreneurs globally. Alexis has a BA from Dartmouth College and an MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She is the proud mom of two young boys and resides in Washington DC.
