Alix has spent his career working at the intersection of education, technology, equity and social impact. Alix currently serves as the CEO of DonorsChoose, a nonprofit organization which enables anyone to help a classroom in need.
The impact DonorsChoose is making in classrooms across the country is very real. To date, teachers at 87% of public schools in America have posted a project on the DonorsChoose site. The organization has also mobilized more than 5 million citizen donors and dozens of generous corporate and foundation partners to contribute almost $1.3 billion; supporting requests from teachers at more than 85,000 schools nationwide.
With a commitment to combating racial and socioeconomic inequity in school funding via their Equity Focus Schools initiative, Alix and his team won’t stop until every student has what they need to succeed.
Prior to DonorsChoose, Alix co-founded an educational technology company, LearnZillion (acquired in 2019) and served as CEO of the philanthropic platform GlobalGiving. His previous work experience includes consulting in McKinsey & Company’s education practice, teaching middle school and high school mathematics, and working in the public finance department at Citigroup. His awards include the NewSchools Venture Fund Entrepreneur of the Year, FastCompany’s Most Innovative Education Company, DC’s Top 40 Entrepreneurs Under 40, Washington Post top workplaces, and Nonprofit Times Power & Influence Top 50.
Alix has a Masters in Education from the Stanford University School of Education and an MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. He graduated from Harvard University with an AB in physics and is a proud product of New Haven Public Schools. A first-generation American and child of parents from Haiti and rural Brazil, he lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and two daughters.