Alejandro is the Director of Preparedness, Communication and Coordination for U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Disaster Assistance. Since 1953, the SBA has approved over $66 billion in affordable disaster loan assistance to more than 2.2 million homeowners, renters, businesses and nonprofit organizations. In his current role, Alejandro coordinates the SBA’s efforts to promote disaster preparedness, recovery and mitigation. Alejandro is also responsible for strengthening the SBA’s role in disaster recovery by building interagency coordination and leveraging private-public partnerships.
Alejandro joined the SBA in 2005, and has worked in various roles responding to many of the country’s most devastating and costly disasters, including: Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma (2005); Greensburg, Kansas Tornado (2007); Iowa Floods and Hurricanes Gustav and Ike (2008); BP Oil Spill (2010); Joplin, Missouri Tornado (2011); Hurricane Sandy (2012); Louisiana Floods (2016); Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria (2017); and Hurricanes Michael and Florence, and the California Wildfires (2018).
Alejandro earned a bachelor’s degree in government from California State University of Sacramento and has a master’s degree in strategic public relations from George Washington University.
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