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Alex Perkins is a senior Democratic strategist who brings three decades of experience in politics, policy, and business to the Mehlman Consulting team.

An expert in geopolitics specializing in trade, supply chain, and tariff policy, Alex advises start-ups to Fortune 100 companies on how best to navigate the commercial risks and opportunities within the current political environment. Working with clients in a range of industry sectors, Alex helps companies refine their government relations objectives and implement the strategies and tactics necessary to get results.

In 2022-2026, Alex was included in the Washingtonian Magazine’s list of “500 Most Influential People Shaping Policy” in the trade policy category.  In 2025, Alex was also named to The Hill’s list of “Top Lobbyists.”

Before joining Mehlman Consulting, Alex spent a decade developing and executing government relations and public affairs strategies to guide Stellantis (formerly Fiat Chrysler) through a wide range of business and policy challenges, including the United States Mexico-Canada Free Trade Agreement (USMCA) negotiations. Alex helped spearhead the multi-sector USMCA business coalition of over 100 companies that successfully secured Congressional approval of the updated trade pact.

Prior to Stellantis, Alex served as a trade counsel to the House Ways & Means Committee from 2007-2012. His legislative accomplishments include the U.S.-Peru, U.S-Korea, and U.S.-Panama free trade agreements, Trade Adjustment Assistance, African tariff preference program, Burma sanctions, and Miscellaneous Tariff Bill legislation. Alex began his service on Capitol Hill in 2005 as counsel to Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), now the lead Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, where he managed a broad portfolio that included trade, judiciary, foreign policy, and national security issues.

Alex sits on the Washington International Trade Association Board of Directors and on the Silverado Policy Accelerator Strategic Council, and previously served on the boards of the American Auto Policy Council and the National Foreign Trade Council and the Steering Group of the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation. He is also a past chair of the National Association of Manufacturers’ Customs and Border Working Group.