Alex is principal of AMC Research and Consulting, LLC, and works as a consultant with Mobility Works. She specializes in program development and evaluation of housing mobility programs, mixed-income communities and other housing policies and programs. Alex is currently working with Mobility Works and providing technical assistance to 1) the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development for the design and early implementation of Supporting Neighborhood Opportunity in Massachusetts (SNO Mass), a new housing mobility program being piloted in the state; and 2) the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority and Metropolitan Council Housing and Redevelopment Authority to assist in the planning and design of a combined housing mobility program for the Minneapolis region.

Alex has worked with the Urban Institute, the American City Coalition, the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University, as well as the OTB Research Institute for Housing and the Urban Mobility Studies in the Netherlands. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Boston University.