Yale School of Management - Julie Horowitz '97

"When I came to Yale SOM, I was a Yale College history major who had taught high school for a few years. After leaving SOM, I was prepared to take on increasingly complex management and leadership positions at a variety of organizations, in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Thirteen years after graduation, I am still regularly guided by the lessons and experiences that I gained during my time at SOM."

Julie is chief external affairs officer for New Leaders for New Schools, a national nonprofit dedicated to attracting, preparing, and supporting the next generation of outstanding principals for America’s urban schools. For the last 15 years, Julie has worked in the field of education, holding leadership positions in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Since joining the New Leaders Executive Team in October, 2008, she has been responsible for building and managing the organization’s development and marketing departments.

Prior to joining New Leaders, Julie served as executive director of the Young Women's Leadership Foundation, a New York City-based nonprofit that supports a network of all-girls' public schools. From 2003 to 2006, during the first term of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration, under Schools Chancellor Joel Klein, Julie served as chief of staff to the deputy chancellor for operations. During that time she also participated in the inaugural cohort of The Broad Foundation's "Residency in Urban Education," a management training program for "talented emerging executives" in urban education.

A product of the New York City public schools, Julie began her career as a teacher in NYC and Cape Town, South Africa. She holds a BA and an MBA from Yale University. After business school, she worked as an education industry analyst on Wall Street, and then held business development positions for three education companies, including Edison Schools. Early in her career she was a Fulbright scholar in South Africa, an Urban Fellow in NYC government, and a fellow in the Rockefeller Foundation's Next Generation Leadership program.