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OUR STAFF

Meet the Team

Julie Barrett

Julie Barrett

Founder & Executive Director

Julie Barrett is a mother of four and the founder of Protecting Kids Online. After a personal encounter with Washington State's anti-parent laws in 2021, Julie began studying legislation and showing up to testify — and hasn't stopped since. She has testified in statehouses across the country, including Florida, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Georgia, Kansas, Alabama, and more, defeating eight out of nine bills where PKO has been present. Julie founded Conservative Ladies of America and built Protecting Kids Online as the counter-coalition that didn't exist — bringing real, informed parent voices into the rooms where decisions about families are being made.

Brad Klippert

Brad Klippert

Strategic Advisor

Brad Klippert has spent more than three decades serving the people of Washington State through law enforcement, military leadership, and public office. A Benton County Sheriff's Deputy since 1999, Brad also served 30 years in the military. He represented Washington's 8th Legislative District for 14 years in the State House of Representatives, where he focused on public safety, criminal justice, veterans' affairs, and education. Brad first connected with Julie in 2021 and encouraged her to engage in the legislative process, making him not just an advisor to Protecting Kids Online, but part of the reason it exists.

Jennifer Barber

Jennifer Barber

Communications Director

Jennifer Barber is an award-winning investigative journalist and communications strategist with more than 35 years of experience in broadcast journalism and public policy. Her career spans major-market television news at KPRC Houston and ABC's KGO-TV San Francisco, an appointed public service on the Goodyear Arizona, City Council, and strategic communications work that earned national recognition. Today, Jennifer focuses on technology policy, online privacy, artificial intelligence, and digital identity, equipping parents and citizens with the knowledge they need to engage in the policy decisions that affect their families.