Biography
Parent, continuous learner, behavioral change champion.
Alex Glade is motivated by opportunities to help people, and believes an empathetic heart should be at the core of how we serve. She is an education enthusiast; passionate about diversity, equity, inclusion; and advocates that quality early childhood education and care should be accessible and affordable for all families.
After graduating from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Alex served as an Army Engineer and led various teams in the Middle East. Alex led a multidisciplinary organization in South Korea, served as an engineer team leader conducting humanitarian assistance and disaster response/planning missions, and helped manage a bilateral construction program with the Government of Japan. After the military, she helped launch several companies and supported a nonprofit helping military service members and their families transition out of the military with support and success.
Alex earned a Master of Science in Engineering Management from the Missouri University of Science and Technology, an MBA as a Sloan Fellow from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
