Alex Halper serves as Senior Vice President of Government Affairs for the
Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, the largest broad-based employer
advocacy association in the Commonwealth. Halper oversees public policy
development, advocacy and outreach, as well as the organization’s political
efforts. He specifically focuses on labor and employment policy.
Halper serves on the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Advisory Board, Pennsylvania
Partnerships for Children Board of Directors, Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation
Advisory Council, the Governing Board of the Pennsylvania Compensation Rating
Bureau, and the Pennsylvania Association for Government Relations Board and
was appointed to Gov. Josh Shapiro’s Transition Advisory Committee. Halper was
listed #5 on City and State PA’s 2023 list of Pennsylvania Government Relations
Power 100 and was featured in their “40 under 40” series that year. He regularly
speaks to chambers of commerce, trade associations and employers across the
Commonwealth about key legislative issues and the political landscape.
Halper joined the PA Chamber’s Government Affairs team in 2011. He previously
served as a legislative assistant in Washington, D.C. to former U.S. Sen. Arlen
Specter and worked on numerous areas of public policy, including transportation
and infrastructure, homeland security and appropriations.
Originally from Allentown, Halper graduated from the George Washington
University in 2006 with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science. He lives in Lower
Paxton Township with his wife, two children and dog Kelce.