Alix Guerrier

Alix is the CEO of DonorsChoose, a nonprofit that makes it easy for anyone to support a classroom so that every student in every community has the resources they need for a great education. Prior to DonorsChoose, he co-founded an educational technology company, LearnZillion (acquired in 2019) and served as CEO of the philanthropic platform GlobalGiving. His past 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 is the Board Director for Scholastic, a Board Member for EveryDay Labs, and was previously on the Board of Trustees for Capital City Public Charter School. 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.