Joined January 2023 
Alexandra is a Policy Advocate at Protect Democracy, where she leads the National Election Advocacy Team and coordinates the activities of the National Task Force on Election Crises, a cross-ideological group of over 50 civil society leaders who worked to ensure a free and fair 2020 election, and now seek to prevent election crises in 2024 and beyond. Previously, Alexandra was a career national security professional for 13 years, including roles at the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. She ultimately led the Intelligence Community analytic effort to disrupt the proliferation of WMD by sea, and supported many successful U.S. policy initiatives. After leaving government in 2017, Alexandra was the first openly transgender candidate to run for Congress from Massachusetts.

Alexandra is a member of the Truman National Security Project Defense Council, and previously served on the board of Whitman Walker Health and the Steering Committee of the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition. Alexandra was named by Out in National Security and New America as an Out Leader in 2021, and her writings have been published in the Washington Post, The Hill, the Yale Journal of International Affairs, and the Boston Globe. Alexandra is a graduate of Brown University with an A.B. in International Relations, and received her law degree from Brooklyn Law School.