Alex is Executive Director of the Chinese Progressive Association (CPA). With over 15 years of experience organizing for social and economic justice, Alex has played a leadership role in building CPA’s service, organizing, and civic engagement programs. Previously, Alex served as the Campaign Coordinator where he built CPA’s Worker Organizing Center, and led campaigns to organize workers, winning millions of dollars in back wages. Alex has also played a key role in local, state, and national movement building. He was a co-founder of San Francisco Rising, a grassroots multiracial electoral alliance and regional anchor of California Calls. Alex also serves on the Steering Committee of AAPIs for Civic Empowerment, a new statewide initiative to build grassroots civic engagement infrastructure. He co-founded Seeding Change – a Center for Asian American Movement Building, a national project that includes building a national pipeline for the next generation of organizers.
