IREX Europe Leadership

Paige Alexander
IREX Europe President

IREX Europe President Paige Alexander has a long record of leadership in international development across Europe and Eurasia. Her guidance led to the formation of IREX Europe as a partner to the International Research & Exchanges Board, the US-based nonprofit organisation of which she is vice president responsible for policy and programming. Prior to joining IREX in 2001, Alexander was acting deputy assistant administrator at the US Agency for International Development’s Bureau for Europe and Eurasia, providing overarching policy and program guidance for the department with 1,000 employees in 27 countries and $1.3 billion in annual program funding. Other notable positions include associate director of Project Liberty at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and consultant to the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the C.S. Mott Foundation and the Open Society Institute in Prague.