ALEX A. PEÑA
HNBA DEPUTY VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS
Special Assistant to the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Transportation.
Alex volunteers his time to organize signature programs including Poder25™,
HNBA’s general counsel pipeline and leadership training initiatives.
PODER25™
ALEX A. PEÑA
HNBA DEPUTY VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS
Special Assistant to the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Transportation
Alex volunteers his time to organize signature programs including Poder25™,
HNBA’s general counsel pipeline and leadership training initiatives.
As Deputy Vice President of Programs, Alex volunteers his time to organize signature programs including Poder25™, HNBA’s general counsel pipeline and leadership training initiative, as well as workshops, regional meetings, and other HNBA-driven programming.
On January 20, 2020, Alex was appointed as the Special Assistant to the General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Transportation. In this role, he works closely with DOT’s senior leadership and nearly 500 attorneys to support the legal, operational, and policy matters concerning all of the Department’s operating agencies.
Prior to joining the Biden-Harris Administration, Alex was a finance attorney at the New York Office of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, an international law firm, where he represented large financial institutions, lenders, borrowers, and equity sponsors in a wide variety of financial transactions. While there, his article covering recent Delaware court decisions on shareholder appraisal rights and their potential impact on the legal pillars of U.S. corporate law was published in the Marquette Law Review.
Alex worked in the New York State Senate for several years, where he served as the Senate Democratic Conference Leader’s liaison to several state senators. In this role, he advised state senators with legislative session preparation, committee hearings, communications matters, district operations, and federal/statewide stakeholder outreach.
Alex also served as the National Chair for the National Latina/o Law Student Association managing operations of the 501(c)(3) nonprofit tasked with promoting the needs and goals of Latina/o law students to effectuate change in the broader legal community.
Alex received his law degree from Boston College Law School and bachelor’s degree from the University at Albany.
