Alex Brown leads Emory University’s principal gifts program. In this capacity, he partners closely with donors, university leadership, and faculty on transformational, complex gifts. In addition to personally managing a portfolio of donors and prospects, Alex and team members work as internal consultants and donor advocates across all schools and units. Over his career, Alex has played leadership roles in successful major and principal gift solicitations of more than $1.1 billion and in the execution of two billion-dollar comprehensive campaigns. He also oversees the Office of Foundation and Corporate Relations to grow foundation support and corporate engagement across the enterprise.

Alex has nearly 22 years of institutional memory and began his Emory career negotiating corporate research contracts. After transitioning from research administration, Alex supported the Emory Vaccine Center as a major gifts officer. Alex also previously served as interim chief development officer for the Goizueta Business School, associate vice president responsible for the Emory University School of Medicine and Emory Healthcare fundraising and alumni engagement programs, interim vice president for Woodruff Health Sciences Center development and alumni relations, interim chief development officer for the Winship Cancer Institute, and chief of staff for the Woodruff Health Sciences Center team.

In $1.6 billion Campaign Emory from 2005-2012, Georgia’s first billion-dollar campaign, Alex was a key player on the team that raised $1.17 billion for the health sciences. The team Alex co-led averaged 18th in the United States annually for total private support in the 2012-2016 American Association of Medical Colleges development surveys.

After graduating from Emory College, Alex began grant writing for a national nonprofit before joining his alma mater as an employee.