Julie Holland is proud to lead PLTI-KC and support parent leaders on their advocacy journeys.

Previously, Julie served as the education advisor to Kansas City Mayor Sly James. Under his leadership, she authored and spearheaded 15+ plans, applications, and projects that propelled initiatives with new strategies and funding, including a $300M tax plan to expand access to high-quality, affordable pre-K.

She has also worked at the Urban Leaders Fellowship, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and congressional offices in Oklahoma and Washington, D.C. She holds a BS from Oklahoma State University, an MPA from Syracuse University, and a doctorate in law and policy from Northeastern University.

Julie is an appointed commissioner of the Kansas City, Missouri Brownfields Commission, and a state leader with Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. She has been a reading mentor, her favorite weekly activity, with Lead to Read KC since 2014. She is a Greater Missouri Leadership Challenge alumna and a Harry S. Truman Scholar.

Julie and her husband live with their two sons in Hyde Park.