Julia Mitchell

Julia Mitchell is an experienced grants manager currently employed at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History since September 2023. Previously, Julia served as the Grants & Special Projects Manager at the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes from July 2017 to September 2023, where responsibilities included overseeing the grants program and assisting with strategic initiatives. Julia also worked as the Associate Director of Conservation Funding at the Western Reserve Land Conservancy from September 2005 to June 2012, managing public funding programs for land conservation and leading acquisition projects. Earlier in Julia's career, from September 2003 to September 2005, Julia was a Senior Planner at McKenna, providing planning services for various municipalities. Julia holds a Master of City & Regional Planning and a Master of Science in Environmental Science from The Ohio State University, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from The College of Wooster.