Julie Alfred Sullivan

Julie Alfred Sullivan is currently the Public Health Director for the City of Portland, overseeing a nearly $6 million budget with more than 100 staff in five program areas. Under her leadership, the health department doubled grant revenues while decreasing general fund reliance by 15%. The department was awarded numerous new grants, including a new Federally Qualified Health Center, demonstration projects in obesity prevention and physical activity expansion, Public Health Accreditation, and children exposed to violence. The department also greatly expanded its immunization services, research and data capacity, and infrastructure-building leadership in the region. Previously, she was Health Promotion Program Manager and started the city’s first minority health and community health outreach worker initiatives.

Julie had served as Project Director for a $3.3 million Department of Justice demonstration grant for children exposed to violence at the Chicago Department of Public Health, and as a Senior Consultant with KPMG Peat Marwick’s health care strategy practice. She also helped start Public Allies Chicago, an AmeriCorps demonstration project, with now-First Lady Michelle Obama. She earned MBA and MPH degrees from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a BA in History from Northwestern University.