Alex Russell

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Strategic Communications Manager

  • MRR Innovation Lab

Alex Russell develops and implements the MRR Innovation Lab's strategic communications plans and manages its web and print communications. He also manages relationships with media, researchers, news service groups and related agencies. Russell holds a B.A. in Literature from UC Santa Cruz and a M.A. in English from UC Davis.

Articles by Alex Russell

rice farm in Nepal

Moving Beyond the Index with Financial Tools to Manage Risk in Nepal

  • by Simone Nelson
A new effort led from UC Davis is seeking to build on prior USAID-supported research in Nepal to deliver an innovative set of financial tools to small-scale women farmers to reduce their risk of losing crops to weather- and climate-related shocks.