Mr. Alexander presently serves as the Deputy Administrator – Office of Country and Regional Affairs for the Foreign Agricultural Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.  He has held this post since July 2006.  He is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with more than 30 years of government service.  Previous Washington assignments include Assistant Deputy Administrator – International Operations; Director, AgExport Services Division; Deputy Director for Marketing, Dairy, Livestock and Poultry Division; Marketing Specialist, Dairy, Livestock and Poultry Division; Rice Analyst, Grain and Feed Division; and, International Economist, Program Development Division, Export Credits.  With FAS he has served overseas assignments as Agricultural Attaché in Manila, Philippines and Lagos, Nigeria; Agricultural Trade Officer in Seoul, Korea; and, Agricultural Counselor in Manila, Philippines and Jakarta, Indonesia.   

Mr. Alexander has represented USDA on the International Cooperative Administrative Support Services (ICASS) Interagency Executive Board, the Board of the Foreign Service, Department of State Recruitment and Retention and Committee and the Board of Directors of the Central Commissary and Recreation Fund. 

Prior to joining FAS Mr. Alexander was a USAID contractor in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania and a Peace Corps Volunteer in Baguio City, Davao City and Cebu City, Philippines.  He served in the U.S. Army, including 22 months of service in Vietnam.  He grew up on a corn, soybean and hog farm in central Missouri. 

Mr. Alexander earned a B.S. and M.S. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Missouri-Columbia.  He is married to the former Evelyn Domingo Morales.