Director, Planning & Development Dept
City of Detroit
Detroit, MI
Alexa is passionate about creating equitable and resilient cities. She is the Director of the Planning & Development Department for the City of Detroit, managing a team responsible for planning and implementing neighborhood and economic development citywide. She rejoined the department after three years working in philanthropy at the Kresge Foundation, funding public space, climate-focused, and equitable economic recovery projects in Detroit, having previously spent six years working at the city, helping restructure the department after Detroit’s municipal bankruptcy. Alexa is a licensed landscape architect and received her bachelor's degree from Harvard and her MLA from the University of Virginia.
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SUN-B06: Mayoral Innovation: Rethinking Landscape Architecture in Local Government
Sunday, October 12, 2025
2:00 PM – 3:15 PM CT