Alexander joins NRRI to drive external engagement

Jamie Beck Alexander joined the Natural Resources Research Institute (NRRI) as Director of External Affairs in March.In this new role she will develop and lead a University-aligned external engagement effort to deepen community and Tribal partnerships and support legislative outreach at the state and federal levels. She will also lead an expansion of marketing and communications efforts. A key priority will be to lead engagement and strategy for NRRI’s recently-launched effort, the Midwest Industrial Transformation Initiative, in collaboration with national laboratories.Previously, Alexander worked across the public, private and nonprofit sectors, including as a senior official in the Obama Administration at U.S. Agency for International Development (U.S. AID), and as advisor to the United Nations Secretary General leading up to the Paris Agreement. She most recently served as the founding director of Drawdown Labs, at the nonprofit Project Drawdown, where she led corporate and investor engagement on climate solutions, including on the passage of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.NRRI is a state-chartered, University of Minnesota System research unit with three sites in Northern Minnesota, fulfilling a mission to deliver integrated research solutions that value our resources, environment and economy for a sustainable and resilient future.

Jamie Beck Alexander joined the Natural Resources Research Institute (NRRI) as Director of External Affairs in March. In this new role she will develop and lead a University-aligned external engagement effort to deepen community and Tribal partnerships and support legislative outreach at the state and federal levels. She will also lead an expansion of marketing and communications efforts.

A key priority will be to lead engagement and strategy for NRRI’s recently-launched effort, the Midwest Industrial Transformation Initiative, in collaboration with national laboratories. Previously, Alexander worked across the public, private and nonprofit sectors, including as a senior official in the Obama Administration at U.S.

Agency for International Development (U.S. AID), and as advisor to the United Nations Secretary General leading up to the Paris Agreement.

She most recently served as the founding director of Drawdown Labs, at the nonprofit Project Drawdown, where she led corporate and investor engagement on climate solutions, including on the passage of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. NRRI is a state-chartered, University of Minnesota System research unit with three sites in Northern Minnesota, fulfilling a mission to deliver integrated research solutions that value our resources, environment and economy for a sustainable and resilient future.]]>.