Julia (.

Julia currently serves as the Strategic Sourcing Lead at Allstate, a position held since October 2023. Prior to this, Julia worked at McDonald's from May 2017 to October 2023 as a Business Services Sourcing Supervisor, where responsibilities included executing category sourcing projects, managing supplier relationships, and negotiating contracts to generate savings. Julia also held roles at Abbott as a PAC Project Coordinator and at the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents as a Government Affairs Coordinator, where advocacy and communications were central to the work. Early in the career, Julia gained experience in government affairs through positions at R&R Partners and has an academic background with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Iowa and an MBA from Colorado Technical University, specializing in Operations and Supply Chain Management.