CAROLINE ALEXANDER, a consultant with TIP, has over 8 years of experience in the private and non-profit sectors in the fields of management consulting, small business development, and public and corporate finance. She specializes in research and analysis including benchmarking, cost modeling, and cost-benefit analysis as well as statistical analysis and econometric modeling.

Prior to joining TIP, she worked with MGT of America, Inc, a public sector consulting firm. Her project experience included an economic impact analysis of the City of Houston’s smoking ordinance, a transition plan for Bexar County’s magistration function, a feasibility study of a regional detention center for the Hopi Tribal Council, and an organizational review of the central administration of Abilene Independent School District.

Ms Alexander’s other experience includes small business development as well as corporate and public finance. With ACCION Texas, a non-profit micro-lender, she aided numerous low-income microentrepreneurs in strengthening and growing their businesses. Prior to ACCION, she worked as a financial analyst with Credit Suisse First Boston in New York. At CSFB, she performed analyses, conducted research, and produced presentations and marketing materials for projects ranging from sovereign debt issuances to corporate mergers and acquisitions to tech sector initial public offerings.

She holds a Master’s in Public Administration from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with an international studies concentration from Davidson College in North Carolina. She also serves as Vice President for the Board of Directors of the Financial Literacy Coalition of Central Texas, a non-profit organization that provides basic financial education to youth groups, community groups, and at workplaces in Central Texas.