Julie Mikuta

Julie Mikuta is a Partner in NewSchools Venture Fund 's West Coast office, where she focuses on investment strategy, human capital and management assistance to the firm's portfolio ventures. Prior to joining NewSchools, Julie was Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at EdBuild. Previously, she led trainings for school board and superintendent-teams of large urban districts at the Center for Reform of School Systems, through an initiative supported by The Broad Foundation. Julie also served as an elected member of the D.C. Board of Education from 2001 until 2004. During her time on the School Board, Julie also worked as Vice President of Alumni Affairs for Teach For America, where she developed programming for the organization's 10,000 alumni. She also helped found Washington DC's SEED Public Charter School, interned at the White House Domestic Policy Council, and served on the DC Public Charter School Board's application review and monitoring teams. Julie began her career in education teaching high school science in New Orleans through Teach For America. Julie completed her doctorate at Oxford University, as a Rhodes Scholar. She graduated from Georgetown University, where she was captain of the women's basketball team.