Kenny Alexander

Kenneth Alexander has made historic achievements in government while transforming a small family business into a regional institution.  He has a proven record as a legislator, government executive, college lecturer, and entrepreneur. Alexander’s career in public service began in the neighborhood where he was raised and where his family’s funeral business is still based – Norfolk’s Berkley Community.  In the thirty years since he completed his undergraduate studies at Old Dominion University and graduate studies at Norwich University, Alexander has successfully performed a myriad of critical roles with community–based organizations and in government, business, and academia.

Improving communities, reshaping political relationships, and enhancing economic opportunities have been the focus of Alexander’s twenty–year record of service as a leader.  Alexander holds a Ph.D. in Leadership and Change from Antioch University, currently serves as the Mayor of the City of Norfolk, and has lectured at a series of colleges and universities in Virginia and North Carolina.  Policy and research interests include civic, political, and bureaucratic leadership in the public arena, political and economic development, and workforce solutions in academia  and in career technical education.