Alexandrea Swanson

Alexandrea Swanson

Managing Director of #SheTransformsIT at the Federation of German Industries

Alexandrea Swanson is the managing director of #SheTransformsIT at the Federation of German Industries (BDI e.V.), an initiative dedicated to increasing the participation of women in IT and digitalization. During both her undergraduate and graduate studies, Ms. Swanson focused her research on women's participation in political systems and the labor market in the United States and Germany. Originally from Nebraska, she moved to Germany after completing her studies to pursue a Fulbright Scholarship. Alexandrea is a committed transatlanticist, with previous experience at the Goethe-Institut under Wunderbar Together, and the Amerikazentrum in Hamburg. In her spare time, she is a mentor at the Deutsche Stiftung für Integration (German Foundation for Integration), active Fulbright Alumni and GermanDream Ambassador. Alexandrea holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and German Studies from Creighton University and a Master of Science in Politics, Economics and Philosophy from the University of Hamburg. She currently resides in Berlin.