Julie Hirota is a non-profit executive, administrator, and fundraiser with extensive experience in building mission-driven organizations, cultivating key relationships with strategic partners, and increasing and securing major gifts and corporate funding. Hirota has worked as CEO at Saint John's Program for Real Change, Chief Operations Officer at the University of California, Davis, and Executive Director at California CareForce, among others. She has studied Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management at Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and received a BS in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of California, Davis. With more than 25 years of experience in leadership, Hirota is committed to building compassionate and impactful leaders.