Alex Blau is a Vice President and entrepreneur-in-residence at the behavioral science non-profit ideas42, leading the development of Vergil, an app that supports people on probation and parole navigate their next steps within the community and helps reduce recidivism at scale for State and local governments. Over the past eight years, his work at ideas42 has focused on challenges in consumer finance, safety & justice, design and decision-making, and international development.

Prior to joining ideas42, Alex worked as a research analyst at Tufts University’s Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, examining the exit-strategies of a number of large, Title-II funded integrated nutrition programs in Kenya. Alex holds an MSc in food policy and applied nutrition science from Tufts University, and a BA in political science with a focus in international relations from Brown University.