Alexis Smart works on SCG’s Membership and Sustainability team leading sponsorships, potential membership, and eligibility work. Prior to specializing in this focal area, Alexis worked with revenue including grants, fiscal sponsorships, passthrough funds, and membership renewals. In addition to sponsorships work, she is the go-to person for membership eligibility reviews, prospects, and potential members. Alexis served on SCG’s internal Culture Committee for 1.5 years and currently serves on SCG’s internal Equity Committee.
In her career adventures, Alexis worked in social work and direct services in which she coordinated intergenerational programming for high school students, refugee families/youth, formerly homeless families/youth, disenfranchised communities of color, immigrants, asylees, survivors of domestic violence, and senior citizens (age 65+). Alexis then transitioned into development and fundraising work in Los Angeles for two years before joining SCG. Early in her career, she worked in support of an epidemiological research program that provided free health services to vulnerable populations in the San Diego region.
Alexis obtained her B.A. in Sociology from UC San Diego with a minor in Psychology. She has a passion for public health, behavioral health, racial equity, social justice, philanthropic work, research on the effects of trauma, the empowerment of survivors of domestic violence and abuse, as well as initiatives focused on women and femme-identified folks who are currently and have formerly experienced homelessness. In her free time, she loves listening to and exploring music, binge-watching sci-fi/animation/fantasy/adventure/mystery related entertainment, and creating space for meaningful experiences with her chosen family, relatives, closest friends, and loved ones.