Alex Swartsel is an associate vice president at JFF, where she leads JFFLabs, which supports efforts to test, validate, and scale innovative solutions designed to drive economic success for people, businesses, and communities. In 2023, she led the launch of JFF’s Center for Artificial Intelligence & the Future of Work, whose mission is to help advance policies, practices, and investments that harness the power of AI to improve education and workforce systems.

Her skills and areas of expertise include:

• Artificial intelligence
• Innovation, technology, and digital transformation
• Insights, thought leadership, research, and market analysis
• Public speaking and communications
• Organizational leadership and strategy

Before joining JFFLabs, Swartsel served as chief of development, finance, and external affairs for Teach for America’s Washington, DC, region. She has held leadership roles with the Motion Picture Association’s global policy team and on the staffs of U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Sheldon Whitehouse.

Educational background:

• Bachelor’s degrees in political science and music, Wellesley College
• MBA, Yale School of Management