Julie Burkhart is CEO of ProKanDo.

Inspired by the feminist movement of the 1970's, Julie Burkhart has dedicated her life's work to the protection of reproductive freedom. Ms. Burkhart is CEO of ProKanDo, Kansas's largest political action committee. ProKanDo is a pro-woman, pro-choice political organization that supports pro-choice political candidates and lobbies at the state-level to ensure that all women are guaranteed the right to comprehensive reproductive health care. Ms. Burkhart built and guided ProKanDo from the ground up, after Dr. George Tiller founded the organization in 2002. Ms. Burkhart also co-founded and became the chair of Legal Assistance for Privacy Protection fund in 2004.

Prior to forming ProKanDo, Ms. Burkhart worked with Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri, the Washington State Democratic Central Committee, the Senate Democratic Campaign Committee of Washington State, as well as managing a wide spectrum of political races in Washington. Additionally, Ms. Burkhart was at ground zero during the infamous Summer of Mercy, as she worked at the Wichita Women's Center that was heavily targeted by Operation Rescue, the Lambs of Christ and other anti-choice extremists.

Ms. Burkhart holds a bachelor's degree from Seattle Pacific University and a master's degree from Wichita State University, both in Political Science.