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Julie Rose
Julie Rose
Portfolio Manager, Economic Opportunity
Cisco Foundation / Social Impact Investments
Julie Rose manages the Economic Opportunity portfolio for the Cisco Foundation and Cisco Social Impact Investments team. She invests in tech-enabled solutions that provide individuals with equitable opportunities and contribute to local community growth and economic development in a sustainable economy. Julie works closely with her grantee partners in the impact areas of skills to careers, inclusive entrepreneurship, and financial inclusion to ensure they are empowered with the tools they need to make an impact in their space.
She holds a B.A in Humanities from San Jose State University and an M.A. in English from the University of Virginia and is the author of three novels and the host of an interview-based podcast.
Articles
During our first Tech for Social Good Hackathon, Cisco experts developed AI solutions to real problems facing our nonprofit partners. Learn what happened inside the build — and why skills-based volunteering is a model worth scaling.
Learn how Cisco and Generation partner to build digital pathways to employment, using AI to connect job seekers with relevant careers and industry-recognized credentials.
Through strategic partnerships with Per Scholas and LISC, Cisco is moving beyond immediate disaster relief to build lasting economic resilience in Western North Carolina — creating pathways to tech careers and supporting small businesses as the foundation for sustainable community recovery.
Through the “Tech for Social Good” program, Cisco supplements our financial support for our nonprofit grantees by pairing them with Cisco volunteers.
This World Entrepreneurs Day, discover how Cisco's non-profit partners are empowering underserved communities and fostering sustainable growth.
Cisco NGO partner Upwardly Global elevates U.S. immigrants who are searching for quality employment that matches their professional skills and experience. Our latest grant supports AI development to help streamline and improve the job search process.
In recognition of World Refugee Day, this blog highlights some of Cisco’s amazing partnerships that through early-stage investment by the Cisco Foundation, have enabled these partners to design, validate, replicate, and scale tech-delivered solutions that are driving impact to support refugees, migrants, and internally displaced persons.
This Social Impact Partner series blog features Cisco’s partnership with Astia and Kiva, in honor of the incredible work these organizations are doing to advance investment opportunities to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color-owned businesses in the United States and globally.