Alex Baumgarten
Alex Baumgarten leads the international-policy advocacy of the Episcopal Church. His lobbying portfolio includes global poverty and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), HIV-AIDS and malaria, trade, debt cancellation, Africa policy, and regional conflict.
Alex is the co-author of God’s Mission in the World: An Ecumenical Study Guide on Global Poverty and the Millennium Development Goals, and leads the staff team at the Episcopal Church Center that advises the Presiding Bishop on global-poverty issues. He also serves, by appointment of the Archbishop of Canterbury, as the U.S. representative on the Anglican Communion’s Poverty and Trade Task Force. Alex sits on the Boards of Directors for Jubilee USA and the Washington Office on Africa (WOA). He is vice chairman of the WOA board.
Prior to joining the staff of the church in the spring of 2004, Alex served as a lobbyist in Washington’s non-profit community in the areas of health policy and civil liberties, and worked as a strategist on federal and state campaigns. He is a graduate of American University and lives in Washington, DC, where he is a member of St. Paul’s Parish, K Street.
