Julie Nicholson Email & Phone Number

United States

CFP is a social impact nonprofit organization that helps states and communities expand equitable opportunities for children and youth through strategic public financing.

London, England, United Kingdom

Provide editorial leadership for articles submitted to the peer reviewed journal, Early Child Development and Care, including descriptive & evaluative articles on medical programs, experimental and observational studies, critical reviews, and summary articles. The publication serves psychologists, educators, psychiatrists, pediatricians, social workers and other professionals involved in research, planning, education and care of children.

I began working with CFP as an intern during the 2nd year of my MBA program and then transitioned into a consultant role. I provided consultation to CEO/CAO on organizational positioning and product/service line strategy including growth and scaling plans, differentiation from emerging competitors and effective pitch decks for securing big dollar investors. I led the development of several key deliverables including CFP’s organizational point-of-view documents and a first of its kind interactive 12 part modularized adult-learning series to be used for training strategic public finance coordinators across the U.S. on cost modeling. I also provided thought leadership for several projects including a concept paper with milestone articulation for a first of its kind project to expand access and opportunities for tribal children and youth to publicly funded programs and services, strategies for field building in cost modeling and several funding proposals to research and expand the emerging field of strategic public finance.

Oakland, California, United States

Professor, researcher, and author (13 books and 54 publications) at a leading global arts and historically all-women’s college. Areas of expertise include equity and justice in early childhood, leadership development, creating trauma-responsive-healing centered systems and programs for children and families and play across the lifespan. Delivered over 125 keynote speeches, built new programs including a leadership cohort program for masters and doctoral students (Leadership Program in Early Childhood), co-directed an innovative MBA-MA program and founded/directed the Center for Play Research, a research center focused on examining social justice and equity related to play across the lifespan and play in diverse global contexts.

San Francisco, California, United States

Led development, strategic planning, and execution of various statewide projects in California for early childhood programs. Built training modules for state leaders that were rolled out and are still used in all 58 counties, published a first of its kind resource for early childhood educators titled Creating Equitable Early Learning Environments for Young Boys of Color, and developed relationships with state leaders, policymakers, and funders. Responsible for overseeing operational budget, teams and supervision of 12 Project Leaders for a division that included 130 employees with $20M+ annual revenue.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Concentrations In Finance And Data Analytics And Extended Coursework In Entrepreneurship

Activities and Societies: Recently attended the San Francisco Business Times annual Bizwomen Mentoring Monday event where I was able.

Phd, Education

Nominated for campus-wide Dissertation Award for dissertation in “Examining Evidence of the Consequential Aspects of Validity.

Ma, Developmental Psychology

Thesis: “The Relationship Between Birth Status, Sex, Maternal Interaction and Children's Problem-Solving”

Ma, Education

Thesis: “Adapting the Reggio Emilia Philosophy in an American Kindergarten: Discoveries, Tensions and New Directions”