Program OfficerW.K. Kellogg Foundation
Alix Cantave is a program officer for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, working in partnership with the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) team based in Mexico City.
He is responsible for identifying and nurturing positive, systemic change within communities, executing programming efforts aligned with the strategic programming functions of the overall foundation and implementing a micro regional strategy in Haiti in collaboration with other LAC staff. He is a key resource for the compilation, organization, utilization and communication of information and knowledge. He also establishes, monitors and manages relationships, partnerships, collaborations and contacts with intermediaries, consultants, community and legislative leaders.
Prior to joining the foundation in 2011, Cantave was the associate director of the William Monroe Trotter Institute at the University of Massachusetts in Boston, where he established and managed a consortium of 20 colleges and universities in the United States, Canada, Spain and the Caribbean to support the rebuilding and improvement of higher education in Haiti. Other professional experiences include serving as: economic development program officer for the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) in Boston (1999-2006); founding director, Haitian Studies Association/Haitian Studies Project at the University of Massachusetts (1994-1999); and research associate, Harvard University Immigration Projects, Harvard University Graduate School of Education (1997-1999).
Cantave holds a Ph.D. in public policy from the University of Massachusetts; a Master of Science in city and regional planning from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York; and a Bachelor of Arts in environmental design from SUNY in Buffalo, New York.