DEBRA ALEXANDER (SHE/HER)

Debra Alexander has many years of experience working in the higher education, non-profit and for profit, social justice, and public service sectors. Deb is passionate about promoting and sustaining employee engagement, building positive relationships, and improving performance. Diversity, equity and inclusion, and relational culture are central to her work and approach. She serves as an OD (organization development) consultant, DEI strategist and HR Advisor. She and her husband, Ben Alexander, have created award winning Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) training videos and instructional products that are used by organizations across the country. She is a former Federal employee and senior leader with the Office of Personnel Management and the Federal Reserve Board, and served for ten years as a Special Government Expert for the Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Transportation. Her dissertation, entitled Radical Inclusion, examines culturally informed strategies for mitigating and reducing the effects of bias. She completed the18 month post-graduate program in Organization and Systems Development from the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland and holds an M.S. in Human Resources and Organization Development from the American University and a B.A. in English Literature from Hampton University. Deb is currently on the faculty of Georgetown University’s Organizational Consulting and Change Leadership program. Deb is a member of the ODNetwork, NTL and the Academy of Management. She is Chair of the Board of Directors for Relational Uprising, a non-profit that fosters resilience within organizations and communities working for social change.