Julie Ferguson is the senior director of strategic partnerships for the Mackinac Center of Public Policy. With 20 years of service in organizational advancement for human service charities in the southeast, she came to see that many of the persistent challenges these charities address are perpetuated through poor public policy. She works with key donors and stakeholders around the country to give voice to the policies that secure freedom and prosperity for all. Julie is a graduate of the University of Georgia, and she lives in Augusta with her daughter, Frannie, and pets Sophie & Klaus.