Plant Materials Program Director

Alexis has two decades of experience in plant conservation and habitat restoration. She is the Plant Materials Program Director at IAE’s Northwest Office where she began working in 2019 as the NW Seed Partnership Coordinator. She has extensive experience in plant ecology, project management, partnership building, and grant writing. She spent her early career in rare plant conservation with the Institute for Applied Ecology and the Oregon Department of Agriculture’s Native Plant Conservation Program. After receiving her Master of Science in Ecology from Oregon State University, Alexis spent five years undertaking salmon habitat restoration projects on the Oregon coast and the Rogue Valley. Her work included invasive species removal, riparian restoration, large wood placement, floodplain connectivity, and fish passage improvements. She has led multiple partnerships including the Gorse Action Group, the SW Oregon Cooperative Weed Management Area, and two regional seed partnerships. In 2021 she became Co-Coordinator of the National Native Seed Conference and has organized six conferences both in-person and virtual. She brings her diverse skill set in project management and partnership development, and her passion for native plants, to any project she takes on. In her free time she enjoys listening to audiobooks while doing puzzles, cooking new recipes, and showing her daughter the beautiful plants of Oregon.