Alyia is the Founder and CEO of CitiesRX LLC, which focuses on building physical, social, and economic health through community partnerships. She is a creative visionary with over a decade of professional experience developing and executing the strategy for large-scale initiatives focused on building healthy, equitable communities.

Known for her thought-provoking insights, Alyia is sought after for her experience helping cities advance progressive policies to break down the systems that make it hard for people to be healthy. Her subject matter expertise includes public health, urban planning, municipal finance, and community investment. She has worked on hunger policy at D.C. Hunger Solutions and health issues at the National League of Cities, managed an affordable housing investment program at the Center for Community Investment, and was most recently a Senior Program Officer at the Melville Charitable Trust, a national philanthropic organization devoted to ending homelessness.

Alyia graduated from Vanderbilt University, where she majored in medicine, health, and society. She earned a master’s degree in public health at the University of Pittsburgh and further honed her policy chops with a master’s in urban planning at Georgetown and a Professional Certificate in Municipal Finance from the University of Chicago.

As a result of her leadership, she has been recognized as a Washington Business Journal 40 Under 40, Alexandria Chamber of Commerce 40 Under 40, and a Next City Vanguard. She is the recipient of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women Ebone Image Award and the Center for Nonprofit Advancement Phyllis Campbell Public Policy Leadership Award. She lives on the West End of Alexandria with her husband, son, daughter, and beagle.