Alexia Kelly

Alexia Kelly, Hood River, works at the intersection of policy and finance to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon economy. Alexia is currently Director of Net Zero + Nature at Netflix where she leads the company’s efforts to reduce, retain and remove carbon, implements internal emission reduction strategies, and leads investment strategy for nature-based solutions. Over her 15-year career, she has held leadership roles in government, nonprofits and the private sector, including as a Senior Climate Change Adviser and Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of State. At the State Department she led an initiative on low emissions development across more than 25 countries, 10 federal agencies and more than $800 million in climate change mitigation funding. She also served as the lead U.S. negotiator on emissions trading to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and represented the U.S. to multiple World Bank funds. She was a member of Energy Trust’s Renewable Energy Advisory Council and is an appointee to the Hood River County Energy Council. Alexia has a bachelor’s degree in planning, public policy and management and master’s degrees in public administration and community and regional planning from the University of Oregon.