Alexia is a Distinguished Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for Global Development. She is also a Special Advisor to the Trade and Development Bank Group. Alexia most recently was the Senate-confirmed Assistant Secretary for International Trade and Development at the United States Treasury Department under the Biden-Harris Administration. In this role, she was the top policy advisor on climate, environment and infrastructure; development finance and policy; trade and investment; and technical assistance. Alexia conceptualized and led the implementation of an initiative to evolve the multilateral development banks to be fit for purpose to help countries address 21 st century global challenges. She also spearheaded a strategy for using public finance to mobilize private capital into emerging markets. This was Alexia’s second time at Treasury after first serving under the Obama-Biden Administration as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Development Policy.

Previously, Alexia served as the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Deputy CEO and Managing Director for Corporate Strategy and a member of the Executive Committee at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), where she drove a new strategy focused on climate, inclusion, and digital solutions
and led work preparing for an incremental expansion into Sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to that, Alexia spent 10 years at the World Bank, working on financial inclusion and her last position was Deputy CEO of CGAP. She also has had experience in private sector development-related positions, including with Development Alternatives, Inc. Alexia is a board member of Suez and ODI Global.