Alex Cornell du Houx

Alex Cornell du Houx served on the Energy Utilities and Technology and Legal and Veterans Affairs committees, sponsoring 14 successful pieces of legislation and co-sponsoring 98 successful bills. He won the REED award for the best national Public Affairs Campaign for his work co-founding Operation Free, a coalition of lawmakers and veterans promoting energy security. Cornell du Houx participated in and led State Department delegations to Southeast Asia to foster government-to-government relations, is a Kentucky Colonel, a senior advisor to the Veterans Campaign, and Partner with the Truman National Security Project. He has provided value-based communications, empathy-based fundraising, and EQ & Public Leadership training worldwide. Alex served in the Marine Corps infantry for seven years and is currently a Public Affairs Officer with the Navy Reserve.

• Value-based communications
• Public policy and leadership
• Climate change solutions

• Public leadership
• Climate, energy, and water security
• Emotional intelligence and public leadership

• University of San Francisco, MA in Public Leadership, 2020
• Bowdoin College, BA in Government and Legal Studies, 2008

• Director, Certificate in Public Leadership, University of San Francisco
• Co-Founder/President, Elected Officials to Protect America
• Former State Representative, Elected to the Maine Legislature
• U.S. Navy Reserve Public Affairs Officer and Marine Infantry Combat Veteran

• Eco America American Climate Leadership Award, 2024
• Defense Superior Service Medal, 2020
• Senator George Mitchell Scholarship Research Institute Pioneer Award, 2013