Alexandra Plante is a Director of Communications at the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, specializing in substance use disorder prevention and recovery. She has served as a consultant to U.S. federal agencies and state policymakers, international agencies such as the United Nations Office of Drug Control and Crime (UNODC), and private entities such as Google. Her writing has been featured in outlets such as Harvard Health Publications, Psychology Today, and The Fix.
She holds a M.A. in Quantitative Research in Communications from the University at Buffalo, and previously served as Communications Director at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School - Recovery Research Institute and DynamiCare Health.