Alexa Perry

Alexa Perry serves as a strategic procurement lead within the Kentucky Personnel Administration – Office of the Secretary, supporting the agency’s mission to ensure equitable civil service operations through sound human capital management. In this role, she oversees the acquisition of professional services critical to workforce governance, including compensation analysis, organizational development, leadership training, and civil service policy implementation. Her procurement activities are centered on securing expert consultants, training providers, and analytical firms that enhance the state’s ability to maintain fair pay structures, strengthen leadership pipelines, and ensure compliance with state and federal employment standards. She manages competitive solicitations under full and open competition, prioritizing quality, transparency, and alignment with public sector workforce goals. Alexa Perry engages with a diverse array of vendors specializing in public sector human resources consulting, workforce analytics, and organizational effectiveness services. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently partners with firms possessing deep expertise in state government personnel systems, including those with experience in job classification, pay equity studies, and succession planning. Her working relationships are characterized by collaborative, needs-driven procurement practices that emphasize subject-matter competency over volume, fostering long-term vendor engagement grounded in compliance and performance accountability. Perry’s contracting patterns reflect a strong preference for full and open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions conducted without set-asides. This approach underscores her commitment to selecting the most qualified providers based on technical merit and value, rather than socioeconomic criteria. While small business participation is not formally prioritized in her portfolio, vendors of all sizes are evaluated on their demonstrated capacity to deliver high-quality, compliant human capital solutions. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS categories related to management consulting, human resources services, and training support, particularly those addressing public sector workforce development. She routinely acquires services such as salary structure reviews, leadership competency modeling, diversity and inclusion program design, and civil service rule compliance audits, demonstrating specialized expertise in state government human capital systems.