Trained at the University of Alberta as an industrial designer, Julie often found herself inspired by the search for the root problems behind the need for a design. Naturally, this put her on a path towards service design. 

Julie is known amongst her colleagues as a true complexity buster and she will motivate the team to think beyond the given parameters. With a focus on procee, she gives space for the emergence of whichever intervention is most appropriate for the given context. With a keen interest in both the sciences and the arts, design was a natural fit for Julie, and she uses it to create meaningful change in her work with the Government of Alberta.