Julie

Julie Averill is the author of Chief Impact Officer, a New York Times guest essayist, and founder of Gold Thread LLC. Her writing has also appeared in TIME and Forbes, where she's a regular contributor. She served eight years as Global CIO and EVP at lululemon during its rapid growth from $2B to over $10B in revenue. Today she advises boards, CEOs, and founders on transformation and the leadership it takes to pull it off, and serves on the boards of Gorilla Commerce and the University of Washington Foundation Board.