Julie M. Anderson leads the health care wellness initiative within IBM’s Public Sector Global Business Services practice in Washington, DC. Previously, Ms. Anderson worked as an IBM consultant to state and federal government agencies to improve their business processes. Prior to her private sector experience, Ms. Anderson worked as a legislative aide to U.S. Senator J. Robert Kerrey. She also worked as a policy analyst in the Offi ce of the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, where she led an interagency committee that developed federal policy guidance about budgetary spending on welfare to work initiatives. Ms. Anderson earned a Master of Business Administration from Duke University, a Master of Public Policy from the University of Chicago and is a graduate of Nebraska Wesleyan University. She is a Harry S. Truman Scholar.