Julie Schuman

Julie has been a member of Washington Hebrew Congregation for close to two decades. She joined with her husband Mark prior to their wedding in 2008 and celebrated their family’s life cycle events at Washington Hebrew from their son’s bris and daughter’s naming to their son’s bar mitzvah last year. Julie and her husband Mark started the Michael D. Schuman Fund at Temple in memory of Mark’s father.

Julie is a co-founder of JSM Collective, an organization that supports and builds community among women at all stages of their career journeys and offers networking events and workshops. Julie’s prior work experience was in education. Following a Developmental Psychology degree from the University of Michigan, Julie received a Masters in Elementary Education from The George Washington University. She taught kindergarten and first grade at the Jewish Primary Day School (now Milton) and served as the Early Childhood Coordinator at the school for two years. Julie dedicates a significant amount of time to volunteer in her community, serving as president of the boards of each school her children have attended, and has previously served on boards and host committees for several other local philanthropic and community organizations. Julie and her husband live in Bethesda and have two children, Max and Mia.