Alena is a recent member of the Board, having joined in 2025. She currently serves as an Assistant Attorney General in the Public Service Division where she handles cases in administrative courts on the state and federal level, as well as in state and federal courts.
Previously, she was a county prosecutor in Saginaw and Genesee counties. She has conducted jury trials and presented cases before the Michigan Court of Appeals and Supreme Court.
Alena spends much of her time volunteering with the Humane Society of Genesee County, where she serves as a director on their executive board. She is the proud human of a husky named Odin, and twin rescue cats, Hocus & Pocus. She is also active in the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan (WLAM) since 2008, having served as President and twice recognized with the WLAM Regional Leadership Award for the Wayne and the Great Lakes Bay Regions. She is active in the State Bar of Michigan and participates in several sections as well as serves on the American Indian Law Committee, the LGBTQ+ Law Section Council, and as an officer on the Representative Assembly which also has a dual role on the Board of Commissioners.