Alex was born and raised in Tiburon, in Marin County. He attended undergrad at Cal Poly and earned his BS in Business Administration with a double concentration in Accounting and Finance, and a Minor in Environmental Economics. He began his professional life with KPMG LLP as an accountant and financial statement auditor in their San Francisco practice. After achieving sign off of all his audit hours required for the CPA license, he applied for and was hired to KPMG's Silicon Valley consulting practice and worked with a small practice specializing in acting as a company's interim executive management for company start up or dismantling. He still wasn't satisfied with life and career and asked himself what he would do if he won the lottery. That was simple, come back to San Luis Obispo, attend graduate school at Cal Poly to earn his MBA, acquire his real estate broker's license to pursue a career in real estate, get his pilot's and skydiver's license (71 jumps and counting), and enjoy beautiful San Luis Obispo. Still not satisfied with his life after three years of building his own real estate company, he decided again to re-asses his life's work. During these years, Alex found that most of his satisfaction came from volunteering and substantial community involvement. His decision was to scrap the pursuit of income and look for a job with a non-profit to spend his time pursuing his life's true passion, promoting sustainable energy/growth on this planet. In the process, folks from Coast National Bank approached Alex to offer him the opportunity to employ all his education and experience to be a loan officer as well as afford him the time and flexibility to pursue all his volunteer/non-profit activities. So far, he couldn't be more pleased and fulfilled with his career and pursuits. Being involved with The Land Conservancy is paramount to his satisfaction and pursuit of happiness.
Alex's other volunteer activities include: Graduate of Leadership SLO class XIV, SLO Chamber of Commerce,Ambassador, Board Member & membership/fundraising chair for SLO Green Build, government liaison for SLO Green Build, steering committee member for the Strategic Energy Alliance for Change, real estate advisory committee member for 33rd District Assemblyman Sam Blakeslee, Battle of the CEOs founding member and annual participant of local annual fundraiser, community division leader for the YMCA's Annual Campaign.
Alex's other interests include flying, skydiving, hiking, yoga, triathlons, backpacking, bartending, rock climbing, traveling, surfing, acting, singing, current events and politics.