Julia is a senior retail development and design executive with deep expertise leading global store design and format innovation, real estate integration and large-scale retail rollouts for category defining brands including Starbucks, lululemon, Arc’teryx, sweetgreen, Google and Vuori. Recognized for building and scaling high-performing teams, evolving modern retail concepts, and translating brand strategy into scalable, profitable physical environments worldwide. She has over 20 years of experience in the following areas:

• Real estate growth, expansion strategy + market planning for development pipelines ranging from 25-75 locations per year

• Construction management + facilities maintenance for up to 300 locations

• Responsible for Capex budgets ranging from $700k - $1.7M per location

• Accountable for annual operating budget of $4M

• Retail design, visual merchandising, brand experiences + marketing campaigns

• People development + building high performing teams