Alex Karydi is an EDC project director and expert in substance misuse treatment and suicide prevention. She brings expertise in technical assistance, communications planning, sustainability planning, strategic planning, product development, project management, and developing and facilitating distance-learning events. She is deeply committed to supporting clinicians and community leaders with the strengths-based tools, resources, and support systems they need to grow, flourish, and improve services.

Karydi leads and provides technical assistance for the Suicide Prevention Resource Center’s States and Territories Initiative. In 2023-2024, she led the process to develop the 2024 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention endorsed by The White House.

Karydi presents at the convenings of organizations such as the American Association of Suicidology. She has been interviewed for Public Health Review, Parade, Education Week, and Mashable. Before joining EDC, she was the director of Project 2025 at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

Karydi is a certified addictions counselor and a licensed marriage and family therapist. Fluent in French and English, she holds a PhD in Marriage and Family Therapy from Northcentral University.