Julie Lein is the co-founder and President of Tumml, an urban ventures accelerator. A nonprofit, Tumml’s mission is to empower entrepreneurs to solve urban problems. Lein is responsible for Tumml’s day-to-day operations, programming, and financial planning.
Tumml was named “The Next Urban Innovation” by Dr. Michael Porter’s Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, and Lein has spoken about her work in energizing urban impact entrepreneurship at conferences around the country. Lein and the Tumml cohort companies have been featured in several publications, including Forbes, CSpan, VentureBeat, Entrepreneur Magazine and Silicon Valley Business Journal, among others.
Lein has a background in polling and political consulting. Prior to founding Tumml, she worked as an Education Pioneers Fellow with Revolution Foods, a healthy school meals provider for schools. Previously, she was the Lead Analyst and first employee at Tulchin Research, a start-up strategic polling and consulting firm in the Bay Area. She has an MBA from MIT Sloan and a bachelor’s degree from Stanford.