About this SPEAKER
Julie is a Project Director on WSP’s sustainability, energy and climate change team and has been conducting LCAs in both academic and private consulting settings since 2007. Julie's expertise includes LCA and carbon and water footprinting of products and services and sustainability strategy in the agriculture, food, bio-based fuels and chemicals, electronics, and building and construction sectors. Her sustainability experience spans a wide range of projects from public and private entities from universities to Fortune 500 companies to implement and expand sustainability throughout their organizations. Julie taught two graduate courses at University of California-Berkeley on Life Cycle Thinking and Sustainable Product Design. She is a member of the board of the American Center for Life Cycle Assessment (ACLCA), and serves as vice chair of the Education Committee. She is also a member of the United States ISO Technical Advisory Committee (TAG) 207 on Environmental Management which oversees the development and revision ISO standards related to LCA (including ISO 14040 and 14044). Julie holds a PhD in biological systems engineering and a MS in agroecology from University of Wisconsin-Madison and a BS in natural resource management from Cook College of Rutgers University.
