Julie K. Kohler

Julie K. Kohler

"Julie brings more than 10 years of experience in philanthropy and higher education to her work at PIP. Prior to joining PIP, Julie directed the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s National Venture Fund. At Knight, she worked on immigrant civic participation, the voting system and community revitalization, and helped launch early childhood, youth-development and education-related programs. Julie served on the Planning Committee for the Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees’ (GCIR) 2006 National Convening and, from 2004-2006, as a board member of the National Council on Family Relations. She also worked for the University of Maryland’s Department of Family Studies as a teacher and researcher. She holds master’s and doctorate degrees in family social science from the University of Minnesota.Her work has appeared in the Journal of Marriage and Family and Family Relations and other publications."


 * Program Manager: Communities for Public Education Reform for Public Interest Projects