Alexander S. Berk

Alexander S. Berk serves as the Chief Legal Officer, Board Secretary, and Senior Director of Legal Affairs at Uplift Education since January 2017. Prior experience includes roles as an Associate Attorney at Walsh, Gallegos, Treviño, Russo & Kyle, P.C., and Staff Attorney for the Dallas Independent School District, where responsibilities involved employee grievance processes and management of outside counsel for labor issues. Alexander's legal education culminated in a J.D. from SMU Dedman School of Law, complemented by degrees in Counseling and History from the University of North Texas and The University of Texas at Austin, respectively. Notable earlier positions include student attorney and research assistant roles, focusing on mental health law and legislative analysis.