Alec Ferretti is a New York City-based professional genealogist who has worked for the Wells Fargo Family & Business History Center, researching family histories for high net worth clients. Alec specializes in the genealogy of 20th-century immigrants to the United States and is a regular lecturer at genealogical societies and conferences.

He serves as the President of the New York Genealogy & Technology Group, and actively serves on the Board of Directors of the Association of Professional Genealogists and the Board of Reclaim the Records, a nonprofit dedicated to wrangling public records from obstinate government agencies.