Alex is a founding member of the Peachtree Corners City Council. First elected in 2012, he has been re-elected three more times, most recently in 2023. One of his passions while on Council has been the creation and continued enhancement of the Town Green area, particularly Fort Pain, the adult obstacle course. Alex helped begin both the Peachtree Corners Decathlon and the Memorial Day Challenge which are annual physical fitness competitions held at Fort Pain.
Alex served four years as an officer in the U.S. Navy making multiple deployments overseas to Somalia and the Persian Gulf aboard USS El Paso and USS Briscoe.
He holds a B.S. in Management from Georgia Tech and an MBA from Wake Forest. He is also a 2016 graduate of Leadership Gwinnett.
After a 25-year career in corporate finance, the last eleven as a divisional CFO of a large consumer products company, he recently founded Burn the Ships Financial, a business advisory firm focused on helping small to medium size businesses.
Alex was a founding member of the Peachtree Corners Veterans Association (and a current board member), a current board member of Peachtree Corners Arts and was a youth sports coach for nearly 20 years.
A Georgia native, Alex and his wife, Loreen, have lived in the River Place neighborhood of Peachtree Corners since 2003. He has four children – Pearson, Madlyn (husband Austin Deaver), Colin (a Junior at Georgia Tech) and Michael (a Freshman at Georgia College).