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Julia Jannon-Shields (she/her/hers)

Manager, SDOT Community Partners
City of Seattle Department of Transportation
Seattle, Washington

Raised in the San Francisco Bay Area on Ohlone land and now based in Seattle on Duwamish land, Julia Jannon-Shields (she/her) is a community planner advancing equitable, culturally-responsive futures by centering lived experience and reparation in urban policy, planning, and governance.

As the SDOT Community Partners Manager at the City of Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), Julia is designing and leading a new program focused on building sustained community relationships and co-creating long-range work beyond project-based engagement. Previously in King County’s Executive Office of Performance, Strategy, & Budget, she served as the inaugural Regional Planning Equity & Engagement Program Manager, embedding equity and community voice across regional planning initiatives.

Nationally, Julia was a 2023 NACTO Transportation Justice Fellow and a Senior Project Partner with BlackSpace Urbanist Collective. She has facilitated workshops and spoken across the U.S. on culturally responsive urban planning for the APA, NYC DOT, Habitat for Humanity, and the New York State Council on the Arts.

Regionally, Julia serves as Co-Chair of the Puget Sound Regional Council’s Equity Advisory Committee and Board President of Homestead Community Land Trust. She previously served on the Seattle Planning Commission and SDOT’s Transportation Equity Workgroup.

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