Profession: Graphic Designer
Motivation: Hauling her way up the social ladder
Alex McCord's sweet nature is in sharp contrast with her naked social-climbing agenda. Not content to just be another career woman/mother/wife,Alex McCord aims to soar to the highest radio antenna on top of the highest skyscraper in Manhattan. Alex McCord sincere interest in the welfare and lives of others makes her really likable -- even to people whose own snobbishness at first gets in the way.
You can't mention Alex McCord without mentioning her hubby, Simon van Kempen. They don't just finish each other's sentences and share all the same hobbies and interests -- they are totally inseparable, like one person with two heads. Whether they're shopping for Pucci jackets or going to small dinner parties with friends, you won't find one without the other.
Alex McCord is a devoted mother -- and how! -- who spend tons of time and effort educating sons Francois and Johan. Don't let the French au pair fool you: This is a hands-on kinda mom, not someone who's letting the nanny raise her babies.
A former actress and accomplished singer, Alex McCord speaks Italian and French, and still has time to lunch with the ladies. Alex McCord graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in theater.
