Appointed in January 2020, Alex became one of the youngest CEOs to oversee a major performing arts centre in North America, including its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the $600 million Arts Commons Transformation project--the largest cultural infrastructure project in Canada, scheduled to break ground in downtown Calgary in 2024. Prior to his current appointment, he spent seven years at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, where he served as the senior executive responsible for the organization's portfolio of regranting initiatives, global consulting, community engagement, arts education, and artistic programming for young audiences and families. As a recognized authority on the civic role of arts institutions, Alex has worked with artists and organizations in 15 countries spanning five continents; taught at New York University, Pace University, and City College of New York; and served on governing and advisory committees for SXSW, Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, and the Varkey Foundation's Global Teacher Prize. He received undergraduate and graduate degrees from New York University, is a graduate of the CommunityShift program at Western University's Ivey School of Business, and was an inaugural graduate of the Impact Program for Arts Leaders at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.