Alejandra "Ale" Spray
Community Empowerment Manager
Mortenson
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Ale is responsible for successfully overseeing community participation plans to maximize opportunities for small, women, minority and other diverse groups and workers on Mortenson’s projects. Born and raised in Guadalajara, Jalisco, and resident of Colorado since 1999, Ale has 20+ years of construction experience. Throughout her career, Ale has held roles such as project engineer, marketing director, business development and currently is community empowerment manager.
Ale received her BS in civil engineering from the Institute of Technology and Higher Studies of the West, in Guadalajara, Mexico. In 2016 she became a member of the Latino Leadership Institute, a University of Denver leadership program. She received her Diversity and Inclusion certificate program through University of Cornell, in 2021 completed the Governor’s Fellowship program and early in 2022 received her Corporate Social Responsibility certificate thru the University of Colorado Leeds School of Business, currently she is enrolled in the Leadership Denver fellowship program with the Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation.
Ale has been extremely involved in the community, holding such positions as chair of the board for the Hispanic Contractors of Colorado, governor appointed to the advisory council for the Colorado State Minority Business Office, and currently on the boards of STEMblazers and Colorado Succeeds, as well as and vice chairwoman of the board of the Construction Education Foundation.