Chief Operating Officer Alix Patterson leads strategic initiatives in a variety of key areas, including development and roll-out of CreditUnions.com, and the Callahan Corporate Associate training program, which grooms college seniors and recent graduates for responsible positions at the firm. Prior to joining Callahan, Alix held a management position in the Washington, DC research office of the Tokyo Electric Power Company. Alix holds an undergraduate degree in Japanese and Political Science from the University of Michigan, a Masters in International Affairs from the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, and an MBA with distinction from the University of Oxford SAID Business School, England.