Alec Ross

Alec Ross serves as Executive Vice President for External Affairs and is a co-founder of One Economy Corporation. Under his leadership, One Economy has established groundbreaking programs and corporate partnerships with top-of-market private sector, governmental and nonprofit organizations across sectors including the telecommunications, financial services and education fields to help achieve One Economy's mission.

He also stewards One Economy's public policy initiatives, which include federal and local leadership in lawmaking and regulatory issues regarding technology and telecommunications in low-income communities. These efforts culminated in Bring IT Home, a national campaign that has helped change housing policies in 42 states and brought broadband to hundreds of thousands of low-income Americans.

Alec is a nationally respected social entrepreneur who speaks regularly on topics including economic development, technology, philanthropy and public policy. Alec, along with NDN's Simon Rosenberg, is the author of A Laptop in Every Backpack.

Prior to the founding of One Economy in July of 2000, Alec served as Special Assistant to the President of The Enterprise Foundation. In this capacity, he led special projects and the development of strategies related to new business development, fundraising, technology, and program development.

A 1994 graduate of Northwestern University, Alec taught for two years in inner city Baltimore through Teach For America and was featured in a 3 part series in the Baltimore Sun.

He sits on the board of several organizations including The Green School, 1000 Friends of Maryland, One Global Economy and the Aspen Institute’s MicroMentor Project.