Karen Kirks Alexander, architect, real estate broker, developer, and president of KKA Architecture, founded in 1989. She holds a Master of Architecture and Urban Design, UNC Charlotte, and Doctorate of Letters, Honoris Causa, Invertis University, Bareilly, India.

She is a recipient of the Sister Barbara Sullivan Humanitarian Award NC and the Bishop Walter Hood Humanitarian Award from Hood Theological Seminary. She currently serves on the Rowan Cabarrus Community College Foundation Board.

Appointed, then elected to Salisbury City Council in 2013, Alexander was elected mayor in 2015, now serving her fourth term as Mayor.

House of Representative Ted Budd entered a Congressional Record Commendation, April 14, 2022 in honor of Mayor Karen Alexander’s outstanding service to her city, state and nation.

Salisbury City Council presented a Proclamation in recognition of her exemplary leadership as President of the North Carolina League of Municipalities, May 17, 2022.