Alex Edwards is Vice President of Communications at The Century Foundation, one of the nation’s top think tanks. He leads TCF’s work to shape public opinion, strengthen political and advocacy networks, and elevate the organization’s ideas and impact in the press and among policymakers. During Alex’s tenure, TCF has grown significantly across channels—including earned media, digital and web, and on Capitol Hill—helping the 100-year-old organization to almost triple in size since 2017.Alex has spearheaded Century’s expansion into the areas of public opinion research, message testing, data visualization, video and podcasts, media partnerships, and more. He helped develop some of the most effective progressive policy campaigns in recent years, including efforts to secure more than $800 billion in extra aid for unemployed workers during COVID-19, as well as TCF’s groundbreaking work to put the “child care cliff” at the center of the political map.Prior to Century, Alex was a senior strategist at BerlinRosen (BR), viewed by many as the country's top political comms firm. He joined the then-nascent shop in 2012 to launch a fast-food worker campaign, which became the Fight for $15 and ignited a movement to raise wages. At BR, Alex advised 60+ of the country’s leading nonprofit, research, advocacy, and political clients on a wide range of issues, moving from D.C. to New York to build out the firm’s philanthropy practice. A born, bred, and diehard Michigander, Alex is perhaps most proud of his work leading communications for a group of 12 foundations as they developed the “Grand Bargain” to settle Detroit’s bankruptcy, a role that one foundation president deemed the “silver bullet” to the city’s solvency.Earlier in his career, Alex worked as a research assistant at the National Poverty Center in Ann Arbor and on President Obama’s re-election campaign in Colorado. He has a background in human rights and international affairs, having worked at both Amnesty International USA and Human Rights First. A prolific ghostwriter, his work has appeared in a wide range of publications, including the New York Times, Washington Post, and the Atlantic. Alex studied at the London School of Economics and the University of Michigan, where he was awarded the William Jennings Bryan Prize, given to the school’s top political science graduate, and the Harold D. Osterweil Memorial Prize from the economics department.