Julie Lein

Julie is the co-founder and President of Tumml, an urban ventures accelerator. A nonprofit, Tumml’s mission is to empower entrepreneurs to solve urban problems. Julie is responsible for Tumml’s day-to-day operations, programming, and financial planning.

Tumml was named “The Next Urban Innovation” by Dr. Michael Porter’s Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, and Julie has spoken about her work in energizing urban impact entrepreneurship at conferences around the country. Julie and the Tumml cohort companies have been featured in several publications, including Forbes, CSpan, VentureBeat, Entrepreneur Magazine, and Silicon Valley Business Journal, among others.

Julie has a background in polling and political consulting. Prior to founding Tumml, she worked as an Education Pioneers Fellow with Revolution Foods, a healthy school meals provider for schools. Previously, she was the Lead Analyst and first employee at Tulchin Research, a start-up strategic polling and consulting firm in the Bay Area. Julie has an MBA from MIT Sloan and a BA from Stanford.