Julie Wiegandt

Julie oversees the opioids portfolio at Arnold Ventures, a philanthropic organization that aims to maximize opportunity and minimize injustice. Her work is focused on expanding access to evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorder and harm reduction. She is also leading a national initiative to expand access to substance use treatment in jails and prisons.

Before joining Arnold Ventures, she worked for Communities in Schools, the nation’s largest dropout prevention organization, where she conducted research focused on adverse childhood experiences, low parent engagement, and other poverty-related education issues. Julie has also worked for a community development organization and taught middle and high school in Pittsburgh, PA.

Julie holds a master’s degree in public policy and management from Carnegie Mellon University, and she has a bachelor’s degree in political science and communication from the State University of New York at Geneseo.