Alex Cottrell

Alex brings a collaborative, detail-oriented approach to her role as Development Manager, with extensive experience in major gifts fundraising, donor relationship management, and development operations. Prior to joining the Fairness Project, Alexandra served at the Democracy Alliance, where she led the Partnerships department and supported strategic donor engagement in service of a just, multiracial, feminist democracy that works for all.

Previously, Alex supported the next generation of campaign fundraisers at the National Democratic Training Committee, where she managed the organization’s Staff Academy finance program. She also brings campaign finance and compliance expertise from her time at Capitol Compliance Associates, where she managed FEC reporting and fundraising operations for House and Senate campaigns.

Alex is driven by her career beginnings in reproductive health counseling and community organizing; experiences that continue to inform her people-centered approach to development work and her commitment to equity, care, and collective action. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Brandeis University and a certification in Industrial–Organizational Psychology from Harvard University.