Julie Silard Kantor, National Vice President, NFTE Greater Washington & Office of Government Affairs
Julie Silard Kantor is a veteran in the field of entrepreneurship education and has taught entrepreneurship to urban youth since 1992. After a brief tenure at Inc. Magazine, Julie launched NFTE-New England in 1992, serving the most economically challenged neighborhoods of Massachusetts. She established and personally taught NFTE classes at numerous public schools and youth programs. In 1995, she moved to Washington, DC and took over operations of the Greater Washington, DC Division where she served as Executive Director, responsible for enhancing and expanding NFTE programs throughout the region and building ‘best practice’ templates for the organization both locally nationally and internationally. In 2008, Julie became National Vice President, NFTE Government Affairs and led the organization’s public policy work and the Aspen Institute’s Youth Entrepreneurship Strategy Group. Julie returned in July 2009 to lead and strengthen NFTE-Greater Washington, while continuing her work with Government Affairs—bringing a national perspective to leverage our local work.

Verice White, Program Director
Verice White joined NFTE-GW as the Program Director in July 2000. Mrs. White is responsible for supporting NFTE's programs, teachers and students, including regular site visits with teachers and administrators, monthly teacher meetings, as well as coordinating BizCamps and recruiting teachers and volunteers for “NFTE University” teacher trainings. Prior to coming to NFTE-GW, Verice was a certified corporate training specialist with the AR Group, Inc. She worked on government contracts with emphasis on computer hardware and software applications. Before this position, she worked as a Technical Support Coordinator for Lockheed Martin.

Kate Palmer, Director of Business Development
Since joining NFTE-Greater Washington in October 2006 as the Director of Business Development, Kate Palmer is responsible for the development and implementation of long- and short-term fundraising and communications strategies. For the previous five years, Kate directed successful fundraising initiatives at Discovery Creek Children's Museum, a growing nonprofit in Washington, DC.

Alissa Perine, Program Manager
Alissa joined NFTE in October 2008. She is responsible for supporting specifically first year NFTE teachers, managing Entrepreneurship Clubs (E-Clubs) and recruiting teachers for “NFTE University” teacher trainings. Alissa holds a bachelor of arts from Duke University, an MBA from the McCombs Schools of Business at University of Texas at Austin, and a certificate in Nonprofit Studies from the LBJ School of Public Affairs, also at UT-Austin.