Alexandra Chandler oversees Protect Democracy’s teams that protect free and fair elections and the infrastructure for electoral competition at the national and state levels, as well as national security policy and advocacy.

Prior to 2025, she led Protect Democracy national elections advocacy team. In this role she coordinated Protect Democracy’s successful multi-year effort to reform the Electoral Count Act, convened cross-ideological civil society coalitions including the Committee on Safe and Secure Elections, Count Every Hero, and the National Task Force on Election Crises, and led scenario planning in 2020, 2022, and 2024 to protect free and fair elections and peaceful transfers of power. Prior to joining Protect Democracy in 2019, Alexandra was a career Intelligence Community professional for 13 years, including roles at the Office of Naval Intelligence and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. In 2018, she was the first openly transgender candidate to run for Congress from Massachusetts. She is a graduate of Brown University and Brooklyn Law School.