Board & Staff

Staff

Board

Alex Ainsley

Board Member

Bio

A native of Mukilteo, Alex attended Kamiak High School before graduating early from Seattle University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science. He went on to obtain an academic scholarship to the Gonzaga School of Law where he was twice elected to student government and wrote for the Gonzaga Law Review, before obtaining his Juris Doctorate with honors in 2014. He is now a financial advisor at Merrill Lynch where he is able to use his expertise to help Northwest families and small businesses achieve their dreams.

Alex is a passionate advocate for making Puget Sound prosperity work for everybody. A key pillar in that fight is finding creative solutions to make affordable housing within reach of middle and low-income families. He feels Homes & Hope’s pioneering use of the CLT model in Snohomish County has the potential to both preserve long-term availability of affordable housing and provide public spaces that substantially enhance the community. Finally, Alex believes in HHCLT’s cooperation with other civic groups to drive community engagement and ensure that low income-families’ voices are heard in the development of housing policy both at a county and state level.