Julie joined Western Rivers Conservancy in 2024 as Corporate Counsel. Julie brings over twenty-five years of conservation philanthropy, conservation real estate, and conservation financing experience through previous legal and program positions with Resources Legacy Fund and The Nature Conservancy. Julie has developed and managed multi-year conservation programs and structured, financed, and completed complicated projects that have collectively protected and restored high priority landscapes and waterways across the western states for people and nature. When not at work, Julie plays outdoors and games indoors with family and friends, always accompanied by good food and drink.