Julie Young is a visionary CEO, educator, and entrepreneur. She is the founder and former President and CEO of Florida Virtual School (FLVS ®), the world’s first virtual statewide school district, the nation’s largest and most influential K-12 online education provider, and the worldwide innovator of online K-12 educational services. Under her leadership the organization grew from 77 students in Florida to more than 2 million students worldwide. Young and her team grew FLVS into a diversified, worldwide organization serving students in 50 states and 68 countries worldwide.

 

Former Florida Governor and education reform advocate Jeb Bush praised Julie for taking a small start-up venture and building it into “a national model for unleashing the power of 21st century digital technology in public education.’’

 

Julie’s interest in combining technology and learning began when she served as a teacher trainer for a partnership between the Lee County school district and IBM. That experience inspired her to apply proven business principles to education as she designed an onine learning system built around the student. One illustration of her success is that test scores of FLVS students on AP exams, end of course exams, and state reading and math assessments are the benchmark for virtual learning and unmatched by any other online provider.

 

2013 AP Exam results show FLVS students outperformed the overall average in Florida by 13 percent and exceeded the national and overall averages by 3 percent in comparing the 16 AP courses offered by FLVS.

 

Julie graduated with a MEd from the University of South Florida following her undergraduate work at the University of Kentucky.  She and her husband Bruce have been married for 33 years and have two sons, a daughter-in-law, and one grandson. Her passion and desire to see students succeed is the motivating factor behind all she does.

 

Julie continues to pursue her passion for technology and education as President of Julie Young Consulting, LLC. The new firm provides leadership to organziations and businesses that serve the education, technology, and innovative business communities. Young and her team provide scaleable solutions to building and cultivating business programs that achive results.