Alexandra Saunders

Ms. Saunders is a social entrepreneur working in corporate social responsibility and sustainability. She has deep management experience in multiple international business sectors including finance, alternative resources, agribusiness, high tech, energy, biodiversity, environmental stewardship and entrepreneurship. She is an innovator with a passion for creating solutions that address the stewardship of the planet through private-public collaborations, transformational change strategies, conservation strategies, and corporate responsibility strategies. In addition to her consulting work, Ms. Saunders is the Chair and CEO of Send Me An Angel, a social enterprise which helps seniors with Alzheimer’s and debilitating end-of-life conditions. She is the founder of BGS Financial, an investments advisory firm, is a member of the Advisory Board of Treevestors, Inc. and the Advisory Board of the University of California BERC (Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative).

After graduating from UC Berkeley she was recruited by one of the most prestigious grain companies in the world to analyze world markets. She was subsequently promoted to being their Chief Economist, analyzing the flows of capital between world-wide commodities and securities markets. While in this capacity she had oversight for some of the largest agribusiness transactions ever to be recorded in California trade history. Ms. Saunders also held the position of Director of Global Marketing for the International Division of Tandem Computers, where she was responsible for educating the high tech industry about the trading environment. She has worked extensively with the U.S. Import Export Bank and the United States Overseas Private Investment Corporation tracking and analyzing emerging and financial markets. Her work has taken her globally where she has spent significant time evaluating the economics of transactions and the subsequent growth patterns for investment. Ms. Saunders was one of the top investment advisors in investment assets & commercial real estate with Grubb & Ellis Commercial. In the 1990’s she applied this knowledge and her expertise in macro and micro economic analysis for RREEF , as well as other well know and highly regarded institutional investment advisors. This led her into banking and finance where she has worked for the last 16 years. While in this capacity, she created Canopy, a pioneer in the corporate responsibility and sustainability arena, providing mechanisms which corporations can employ to preserve global bio-diversity, address climate change, embody “best CSR practices” and enhance their legacy. Her love for helping people and protecting our planet is what drives her.