Julia Gitis, Ed.M, MBA

About

👋 Hello! I'm the founder of Good Neighbor Lab, a San Francisco-based nonprofit building bridges inside our city. Our mission is to bring community information, belonging, and joy to San Francisco neighborhoods. I started out in 2022 with a prototype of a digital neighborhood bulletin board to install on public sidewalks. Described as "an idea whose time has come," we won the Grand Prize at the 2025 Next Challenge for Media & Journalism and are a Yes SF Nonprofit Innovator, selected by the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. In 2025 I founded SF Good Neighbor Week; the next one is Sep 26- Oct 4, 2026. I love leading teams at the intersection of impact and scale. My background is in education and product innovation. I was Head of Product at Dashboard.Earth, a climate tech startup that financially incentivizes residents to take local climate action. I launched the new mobile app, driving growth and engagement in California. Before that I had the ed tech dream job: I was a Senior Product Manager at Khan Academy, where I led product strategy to bring Khan Academy into classrooms worldwide and supported 40 million kids who were distance learning during the pandemic. I've worked in Europe,

Experience

Education