Jennifer Leeper

Alex K. Plitsas is a U.S. Army combat veteran and Bronze Star Medal recipient of the Iraq War, where he led teams on several hundred combat missions. He also served a tour of duty in Afghanistan as a defense civilian intelligence officer and ran a national program level operation. He completed his federal service at the Pentagon as the chief of sensitive activities for special operations and low-intensity conflict in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, where he was responsible for operations and policy for a suite of compartmented programs.

As a veteran, Alex has helped to evacuate U.S. citizens and vulnerable allies from war zones to include running ground and flight operations for the State Department in Afghanistan during the Afghan Airlift in Ukraine and most recently in Gaza. He and his teammates assisted more than 10,000 people in total.

Governor Lamont has appointed Alex to serve on the Connecticut Task Force for Afghan Refugee resettlement. He currently works as an enterprise technology executive and a national security analyst for CNN. He is also a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, where he runs the Counterterrorism Program. Additionally, he serves as a track two diplomat and recently participated in delegations to Syria and Iraq.

Alex has served as a fire commissioner and justice of the peace in the Town of Fairfield and is a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, and Disabled Americans Veterans. He is also a board director for Special Operations Association of America and the OSS Society.

Alex, we are all so proud of you!