Alicia brings over 20 years of experience building and leading organizations in the advocacy, political, and academic sectors. As Chief Executive Officer of the Partnership Project, she leads a national nonprofit that provides strategic and operational support to some of the country’s most influential environmental campaigns. Under her leadership, the Partnership Project has strengthened the capacity of organizations advancing climate action, protecting natural resources, and promoting equitable, science-based policy. Alicia works to foster collaboration across campaigns and organizations, building the infrastructure that helps the environmental movement thrive.
Previously, Alicia was the founding Director of Defend Our Future, a pioneering campaign of the Environmental Defense Fund that mobilized young people around climate action. She also played a key role in launching the Climate Action Campaign, a historic nationwide effort to reduce carbon pollution from power plants and one of the Partnership Project’s most successful initiatives. Before joining the Partnership Project, Alicia served as Director of the Voter Study Group at Democracy Fund, where she led groundbreaking research to better understand the American electorate.
She has also held senior roles at the Democratic National Committee and American University, where she teaches periodically at the Campaign Management Institute. Alicia holds a PhD in Political Science from American University, a Master of Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School, and a BA from the University of Michigan-Dearborn.