Alexa Black is an International Program Specialist with the Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP). She works primarily on programs in Central Asia.

Prior to joining CLDP, Ms. Black worked as a research assistant at the Hoover Institution where she focused on Cold War intelligence history. She was also a recipient of the David L. Boren Scholarship, through which she studied Russian at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University in Almaty, Kazakhstan while working as a translator at a local news website.

Ms. Black received a Master of Arts in Russian, East European, and Eurasian studies from Stanford University. Her research focused on nation building and national identity in post-Soviet Central Asia. She received her BA in History and English from the University of California, Los Angeles. She speaks Russian.