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Julie M. Anderson

Julie M. Anderson is the Founder and a Principal at AG Strategy Group. Previously, Ms. Anderson was the Chief Operating Officer and a Managing Director at Civitas Group, a strategic advisory services company.  Ms. Anderson also served as Acting Assistant Secretary for Policy and Planning and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in the Obama Administration.  In these roles, she supervised strategic planning, operational planning, and policy development for VA.  Ms. Anderson also led the transformation, innovation, and strategic management efforts for the entire Department.

Prior to her appointment, Ms. Anderson worked for IBM’s Public Sector Global Business Services practice in Washington, D.C.  In that role, she served as an associate partner managing initiatives on public sector strategy, cybersecurity, health care, and human capital issues.  Within the public sector, she has also served as a legislative aide to U.S. Senator J. Robert Kerrey of Nebraska and as a policy analyst in the Office of the Secretary of Transportation.  Following the election of President Obama in November 2008, Ms. Anderson managed the VA Agency Review Team for the Presidential Transition Team.

Ms. Anderson earned her Master of Business Administration from Duke University in Durham, NC.  She also has a Master of Public Policy from the University of Chicago and is a graduate of Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln, NE where she was named a Harry S. Truman Scholar.