Alex leads YouTube's work with progressive and left-of-center creators, publishers, and third party groups. As part of the political partnerships team, he works with partners on how to use digital video and YouTube to reach broader audiences online. Alex was previously part of Google Public Policy, where he focused on education and civics public affairs policy and programming. Before joining Google, Alex spent four years at the U.S. Department of Education during the Obama administration, and worked on the Obama for America campaign in 2008.