Alexandra McKeown is Associate Dean for Research Administration at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and Immediate Past Chair of Region II. She has been a member of NCURA since 1991 and has served as workshop faculty, moderator and speaker at the regional and national levels. She is a member of the Contracts and Intellectual Property Committee of the Council on Governmental Relations and the Executive Committee of the Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP) and Co-Chairs both the FDP Contracts Task Force and Research Compliance Committee. Prior to joining the School of Public Health, she was the Assistant Vice President for Research Administration and Advancement at the University of Maryland. She holds a B.A. from Towson University, an M.B.A. from Johns Hopkins University and a J.D. from the University of Baltimore, and is a member of the Maryland State Bar.