Alexis is the Partnership Manager for the U.S. National Labs Partnership at OpenAI, focused on leveraging Frontier AI to drive scientific discovery and advance national security. Previous to this role, Alexis was the Chief Information Officer and Director of the Digital Capability Directorate of the Air Force Research Lab, the premier science and discovery lab serving the Air Force and Space Force. While CIO, she launched the largest scalable Generative AI Research Platform and Tool in DOD, and trained more than 35,000 people to use AI. Alexis was one of the founding members of the Internet's original Trade Association, served as a Chief Profit Officer for companies transitioning to a digital existence, and applied her communications, project management, innovation, and technology application skills in over 20 warzones, global disasters, and major transformation projects for the United Nations. At USAID she was the Chief Innovation Officer and the Chief of Applied Innovation & Acceleration, tackling the critical challenge of innovation adoption and institutionalization. Alexis served as Google's Emerging Technology Evangelist for Public Sector and Strategic Business Executive, where she worked with State, Local, Federal, DOD, and International Governments to apply emerging technologies like AI to public sector challenges, including the COVID response. She dedicates her time to helping public servants leverage technology to catalyze their missions, solving the world's toughest challenges.