Julie has 30+ years strategic communications experience, during which time she has held executive level positions overseeing the communication and public affairs operations for cities and law enforcement agencies. Julie also has expertise in educational campaign design, media relations, issues management and crisis communication, having successfully guided communication responses to a range of manmade and natural disasters as the lead communication strategist, spokesperson and senior advisor to elected and appointed officials.
Julie has also been a professor at two major public universities, a consultant and trainer for a variety of public and private sector organizations and is the author of three communication and branding guidebooks for law enforcement (most recent is pending publication).
Julie earned an undergraduate degree from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, and her M.S. and PhD (Interpersonal and Public Communication) from Bowling Green State University in Ohio.