Julie Burkhart worked side by side with Dr. George Tiller for seven years. She first began as the Chair for the Wichita Choice Alliance.  It was there that Julie lead the charge against the anti-choice organizations that attempted to “finish the job” at Women’s Health Care Services during the 2001 Summer of Mercy Renewal. Julie next became the spokesperson for his Clinic.

In 2002, Dr. Tiller created ProKanDo where Julie was CEO; thus, creating the largest political action committee in Kansas.  Julie now carries Dr. Tiller’s vision for reproductive rights as the Founder and Executive Director of Trust Women PAC.

In 1991, Ms. Burkhart was at ground zero during the infamous Summer of Mercy, as she worked at the Wichita Women’s Center, which was heavily targeted by Operation Rescue, the Lambs of Christ and other anti-choice extremists. Driven by political justice, she went on to manage a number of political campaigns in Washington State then worked for the Washington State Democratic Party and the Washington Senate Democratic Campaign Committee.

Ms. Burkhart holds a Bachelor’s degree from Seattle Pacific University and a Master’s degree from Wichita State University, both in Political Science with an emphasis on African Studies. Ms. Burkhart was inspired by the feminist movement of the 1970′s and has dedicated her life’s work to the protection of reproductive freedom.

Tiffany Reynolds is Trust Women’s fundraiser. She became politically involved during her college years where she volunteered for a local organization assisting abused women and interned at an organization that helped women enter in to the political pipeline.  For the past ten years, Tiffany has worked on campaigns for pro-choice candidates at the national, state and local levels in St. Louis and Chicago.  Additionally, she is the current President of Missouri NOW and past president of the National Women’s Political Caucus of Metro St. Louis.

Kaitlyn Soligan is the Communications Director and East Coast Representative for Trust Women. Prior to her time with the organization, she served as a researcher, writer and blogger with the Media Matters Action Network, and as the Executive Assistant to the President and CEO of Media Matters for America. Barring total disaster, she looks forward to receiving her MA in Gender/Cultural Studies from Simmons College in May 2012.

Virginia Phillips is the Grants and Regional Outreach Manager. Virginia Phillips, a Kansas native born and raised in Louisburg, graduated from Smith College of Northampton, MA in 2007 with a BA in Government, minor in Women’s History.  Her background in is public relations, organizing and public policy.  Since college, she has been active in the reproductive rights and justice movement in the Midwest.  Virginia has worked at Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri and was previously a lobbyist with Trust Women.  She is also a volunteer hospital advocate for the Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault (MOCSA) in the Kansas City Metro area and a board member of the Peggy Bowman Second Chance Fund.