Julie Nelson is the Senior Vice-President of Programs at Race Forward, Co-Director of the Government Alliance for Race and Equity, and a Senior Fellow at the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society at the University of California, Berkeley. GARE is a project to support and expand local government’s work on racial equity. Nelson is the former Director of the Seattle Office for Civil Rights where she provided both vision and hands-on work on Seattle’s Race and Social Justice Initiative. She served as the Director for the eight years. She has over 25 years of experience working for local, regional and federal government, including with the City of Seattle’s Human Services Department, Administrative Services and the utilities; Housing and Urban Development; and Pima County Community Services in Tucson, Arizona. She has a Masters Degree in Economics from the University of Washington, and has served on the boards of many non-profits and is actively involved with community groups working for race and social justice. Nelson is driven by her passion for achieving equity and social justice.
Listed skills include Community Development, Program Development, Public Speaking, Government, and 18 others.
