Meet the Instructors

Julie Bianchi

Julie Bianchi believes that the sweet spot between big-picture thinking and the details is where successful fundraising strategy is born. Her experience in fundraising and board leadership over the past decade is the underpinning for her practical and creative approach to consulting and teaching. Bianchi leans on generative questions with her clients to help reveal new paths forward to long-term fundraising success. 

She has significant fundraising campaign experience across all areas of the nonprofit sector, with fundraising goals from one million to 300 million dollars. Bianchi is also committed to investing in the future of the fundraising profession as a founding board member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals - Advancement Northwest Chapter. She is a Certified Fundraising Executive and earned a Certificate in Fundraising Management from the University of Washington. 

Bianchi teaches emerging nonprofit leaders as a member of the adjunct faculty in the Master of Nonprofit Leadership program at Seattle University and the University of Washington Certificate in Fundraising Management.