Mr. Alex Flachsbart

Opportunity Alabama

Alex Flachsbart is the Founder and CEO of Opportunity Alabama, a nationally recognized nonprofit organization focused on generating economic development in Alabama’s distressed communities. Prior to OPAL, Alex’s professional career spanned from practicing tax and economic development law at Balch & Bingham LLP – to teaching high school geometry in Mosses, Alabama through Teach for America. A native of Northern California (but a naturalized Alabamian), Alex received undergraduate and masters degrees in economics from The University of Alabama and a J.D. from Washington and Lee University School of Law. Alex serves on the board of Main Street Alabama and the PARCA Roundtable, is a fellow in the Blackburn Institute and the Alabama Leadership Initiative, is a member of the Birmingham Rotary Club, and was recently named one of the Top 100 national influencers in Commercial Real Estate by the Business Journals of America.