Julia leads business development at NCX and has worked across the non-profit, public and private sectors at the intersection of climate change, natural resource management, and finance including at The Nature Conservancy, the California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, Blue Forest Conservation, and New Forests. Her background is rooted in conservation, environmental science, and business. Julia earned her MBA-MS in Environment and Resources with a focus on land use from Stanford. She earned a BA in environmental studies with a focus on biodiversity conservation from Yale University. She cohosts "Solving Climate, Naturally," a podcast that features leaders at the cutting edge of nature-based solutions to climate change.