With over 20 years of experience in the education sector, Alix is passionate about improving student outcomes and supporting public schools. As the CEO of DonorsChoose, he leads the most trusted crowdfunding platform for teachers, donors, and district administrators, which has raised over $1 billion and funded over 2 million classroom projects since 2000.Prior to DonorsChoose, he 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. He also sits on the boards of Every Day Labs, an education technology company focused on improving student outcomes through the power of behavioral science, data science, and family engagement; and Scholastic, the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books. 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..
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