Julie Silverbrook is vice president of civic education at the National Constitution Center. In this capacity, she oversees the Center’s civic education strategy and the development and distribution of all educational products and programs.
For over a decade, Silverbrook has been one of the nation’s leading advocates for civic education and constitutional literacy. She regularly writes and lectures on the importance of civic education to the health of the American republic, and on the U.S. Constitution and its history. Silverbrook has extensive experience in growth projects for non-profit organizations, cultivating partnerships, fundraising, coalition-building, and business development and management.
Prior to the joining the Center, she served as senior director of partnerships and constitutional scholar in residence at iCivics from 2020-2024. Before that, she served as executive director of the Constitutional Sources Project (ConSource) in Washington, D.C., from 2012-2020.
Silverbrook holds a JD from the William & Mary Law School, where she received the National Association of Women Lawyers Award and the Thurgood Marshall Award and served as a senior articles editor on the William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal. She graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from The George Washington University with a BA in political science. Upon graduation, she was awarded the GW Columbian College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Scholar Award, the highest academic award given to a student in the arts and sciences college. She was recently awarded the Taylor Reveley Citizen Lawyer award by William & Mary Law School for her dedication to promoting public understanding of the United States Constitution.
Silverbrook lives in Bethesda, Maryland, with her husband and two daughters.
