Experience

Catalyst Inc.

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Vice President, Head of Product Content & Strategy

  • Sep 2022 - Present

• Vice President, MARC

  • Apr 2019 - Sep 2022

  Leader of Catalyst’s MARC (Men Advocating Real Change) initiative. Head of one the organization's four strategic pillars; responsible for overall initiative strategy, scaling, content, and implementation. Work with leaders at all levels across the world's top companies to build advocates for equity and drive social impact and cultural change. Disruptive research-based learning enhances gender partnership and accelerates the creation of inclusive workplaces.

• Senior Director, Research & Learning Liaison

  • Sep 2018 - Mar 2019

  Serves as a recognized expert across research streams, including Men & Equity, Intersecting Identities (Gender, Race & Ethnicity), and Inclusive Workplace Cultures. Provides thought leadership and ensures the integration of Catalyst research into applied learning models, products, and programs. Drives a cycle of innovation and development, drawing research content and expertise into learning program offerings and leveraging insights from client-facing engagements to ensure Catalyst research remains on the cutting edge. Builds and leverages interdependent relationships with key stakeholders, liaising with external partners across business lines and geographic locations - including through a role leading Catalyst's efforts in Latin America.

• Senior Director, Research and Regional Lead, Mexico & Latin America

  • Sep 2017 - Aug 2018

  Expert researcher on workplace inclusion, focused on organizational change strategies, intersections of gender, race, and ethnicity, impact evaluation, and cross-cultural themes. Drives individual behavior change to cultivate inclusive leaders - engaging men as allies and champions of inclusion through skilled workshop design and facilitation. Accelerates progress for women through inclusion in corporate Mexico, helping to build workplaces that work for women.

• Director, Research and Regional Director, Mexico & Latin America

  • Mar 2016 - Aug 2017

  As a member of the Catalyst Research Center for Corporate Practice, Alix focuses on corporate change strategies and the role of organizational and societal culture in creating inclusive workplaces. She conducts research on organizational practices, examining diversity and inclusion efforts, change models, and the career experiences of women and men throughout the talent pipeline. Alix has a strong focus on global work and cross-cultural themes, in particular through her management of the Culture Matters Research series. Her work also includes research on organizational strategies related to LGBT inclusion and a role in Catalyst’s Practices team writing case studies of successful organizational programs and policies. As the Regional Director for Mexico & Latin America, Alix plays a lead role in extending Catalyst’s work and mission of accelerating progress for women through inclusion to Mexico and other emerging markets in Latin America.

• Director, Research

  • Sep 2014 - Feb 2016

• Senior Associate, Research

  • Sep 2012 - Aug 2014

• Associate, Research

  • Jun 2011 - Aug 2012



Management Sciences for Health

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• TQI for Reproductive Health/Family Planning and Maternal & Child Health Programs

  • Dec 2010 - May 2011

  -Research and program development support for adolescent sexual and reproductive health activity expansion -Wrote country reproductive health profiles for the World Bank, including recommended actions on women’s health and family planning, effective partnership, legal frameworks, and HSS- Collaboration on research and writing of articles for publication regarding linkages between TB and the reproductive health needs of women, including implications for program expansion-Support for family planning/reproductive health and maternal, neonatal, and child health program activities through research, report writing, and organizing knowledge-sharing opportunities with field project implementers



United Nations

• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Advisor

  • Jun 2009 - Dec 2010

  Advisor for the Permanent Mission of the Cote D'Ivoire to the United Nations- Worked in partnership with the Cote D'Ivoire Mission's specialist on re-integration on the development of a comprehensive initiative for the protection of women and girls in post conflict situations in Western Africa-Project development related to protection in armed-conflict, education, social re-integration of former child soldiers, and public health issues including HIV/AIDS, child and maternal health, nutrition, and psycho-social counseling for victims of sexual violence- Advocacy with representatives of UN member states and partnering UN agencies, including UNICEF, UNESCO, and WHO and attendance at relevant meetings of the UN Security Council and the General Assembly, as well as research and review of past UN resolutions and project models