Alix has worked in collaborative land conservation, communications, and related fields for more than thirty years. She was founding executive director of Portland Trails and is the author of Groundswell: Stories of Saving Places, Finding Community. She lives on a farm in Pownal, Maine, and is a council member of Maine Coast Heritage Trust, board member of the Forest Society of Maine, and an advisory board member of QLF/Atlantic Center for the Environment, among others.