Jacqueline Alexander

Background

About Jacqueline Alexander

As a partner to business leaders and governments, I have been relentlessly focused on driving meaningful innovation across food science, food manufacturing, agricultural sustainability, and entrepreneurial development. Owner and Grower: • Morale Orchards, a 40-acre Asian Pear Orchard Founder: • Morale Food Co.(start-up): value-added food manufacturing company focused on freeze-dried and individually quick-frozen products for both wholesale and consumer markets • Know Your Fruit (start-up): Consumer-facing freeze-dried fruit brand • The Puff Factory: Hood River (start-up): purpose-built food manufacturing and processing facility Government Advisor: • Oregon Food & Beverage Council As a partner to mission-driven organizations, academic institutions and community leaders, I have been steadfast in my commitment to advancing educational outcomes, community development and economic opportunity for historically underserved communities. Non-profit Board Member: • Advisor: Tuskegee University Food & Nutritional Sciences Department • Director: SBP • Director: CBPS Collective • Director (former): Upcycled Food Association Philanthropy: • Lewis & Clark Law School: Endowed MLK-speaker series • Lewis & Clark College: Lead donor, York Memorial I have a Juris Doctorate from Lewis & Clark Law School, a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and International Relations from UCLA and hold a Graduate Gemologist Diploma from The Gemological Institute of America.