Julia is a strategic executive with over 20 years of expertise in the energy and environmental sectors as a coalition builder and advocate. She is a longtime advocate of clean energy technologies, working extensively to support global environment and equitable policies. 

As CEO of the Long Duration Energy Storage Council, an executive-led global nonprofit organization with more than 60 members operating in 20 countries, Julia leads strategic planning and market and policy development activities to rapidly deploy and scale long duration energy storage to support the clean energy transition worldwide. Most recently, Julia served as the Executive Director of the Long Duration Energy Storage Association of California (LDESAC). While there, she led the education and outreach of emerging and existing long duration energy storage developers, focusing on its importance to grid reliability and meeting climate goals.

Previously she founded and was president of a strategic consulting company, JAS Energies, which focused on bringing inclusive, diverse, and equitable transitions and policies into fruition. She provided a deep understanding of challenges facing the US electricity sector in reducing carbon emissions, building renewable energy projects, creating markets, and implementing a clean energy vision. Previously, Julia was a Director at the The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), focused on market and energy policy creation and implementation, creating coalitions and interpreted real-time grid operations and transmission planning.

Julia’s prior roles include senior positions at Clean Line Energy Partners, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

Julia holds two BAs from Oregon State University in Political Science and International Relations, and an MPA in Policy Implementation from The University of Southern California. She currently lives in San Francisco with her two children.