Julia Kent

Julia Kent joined Urban Alliance in April 2019 as Chief Development Officer and leads Urban Alliance’s growing development team. Julia came to Urban Alliance with a background in fundraising for international nonprofits, most recently at CARE, where as Strategic Partnerships Director based in Amman, Jordan, she led resource mobilization efforts for humanitarian response, prevention of gender-based violence, and economic empowerment for women and youth in the Middle East, Europe, and North Africa. Before that, Julia served as Director of Donor and Partner Communications for Generations for Peace – also based in Jordan – where she was responsible for raising funds and awareness for global youth peace-building programs. Julia has also worked at the World Wildlife Fund based in Washington D.C., Water for People in Denver, Colorado and Kampala, Uganda, and CARE’s global headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. Originally from Northern Virginia – one of the five regions Urban Alliance serves – Julia is a graduate of TC Williams High School, earned a Bachelor of Science at Emory University, and holds a master’s degree from the University of Denver.