Alex Meixner

Vice President, State Policy at ALS Association

Speaker

Alex Meixner is the Vice President of State Policy at The ALS Association, leading a

team of government relations and grassroots professionals as we pursue our mission to

make ALS livable and cure it. Prior to joining The ALS Association in 2022, he worked

for over a decade at the American Heart Association, where he led various state and

local public policy campaigns focused on fighting heart disease and stroke, while

managing advocacy staff in certain states. Before pivoting to state advocacy, Alex

spent eight years in Washington, DC, where he worked for a nonprofit focused on

international peacekeeping and genocide prevention policies after beginning his

career as a congressional staffer and campaign aide. Through it all, Alex has helped to

shape and enact public policies at every level of government, from city ordinances to

UN Security Council resolutions. He is a fellow with the Truman National Security

Project and has served on a number of boards, commissions, and coalition leadership

teams in states and cities across the country. Alex is a California native, a graduate of

Tulane University, and a resident of Valparaiso, Indiana where he lives with his wife

and two sons.