Alex Santana serves as the Operations Assistant and handles many of The Foundation’s day-to-day administrative needs and logistics.

Alex joins The Miami Foundation after acquiring significant public sector experience in South Florida, Tallahassee, FL, and Washington, D.C. He has worked for the state of Florida in various capacities, at one of Tallahassee’s premier political lobbying firms, and in the Office of the President at Miami Dade College. While pursuing his undergraduate studies in our nation’s capital, Alex completed internships for multiple members of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, at the U.S. Department of Justice, and at the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Alex holds a Bachelor of Arts in history and politics from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. and a Master of Science in Applied American Politics and Policy from Florida State University. He was born and raised in Miami and is passionate about supporting this special community he is proud to call home.