Baycrest

Julia retired from her professional career in 2017 from RBC Phillips, Hager & North Investment Counsel after 21 years. At the time of her retirement, she held the position of Vice President & Investment Counsellor. In this role, she provided investment counselling and individualized investment management services to diverse clientele, including private individuals, foundations and non-profit organizations. She also held senior management roles in the company and served on the Women Advisory Board. Julia is 2019 Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative (ALI) Fellow. The goal of the program is to assist experienced leaders find a pathway to solve important social problems in the next stage of their professional lives. A key part of the ALI program is to spend one year in an intensive structured program at Harvard. Julia has a long history of volunteering in the community. Her current community volunteer work includes serving as Board Chair of the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation and Vice Chair of Mothers Matter Centre. She the Chair Emerita for SFU Board of Governors, past chair of the Minerva Foundation for BC Women and International Women’s Forum BC. She also served on the board for the Vancouver Opera, Family Services of Greater Vancouver. Julia graduated from University of Calgary with a degree in commerce and obtained the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) designation in 1997.