Julia D. Day

Julia is a Director at Gehl and leads the company’s Cities and Foundations team. Julia is skilled at developing multi-sector partnerships that highlight the power of place to impact health and community development. With 17 years of experience working with city agencies and community leaders, she has led engagement projects in communities near and far, supporting urban leaders in ensuring people are visible and heard in the city-making process. In her projects, Julia works across design, strategy, and research methods to demonstrate the integral role streets play as connective, vibrant public spaces. 

Her approach is focused on reaching and engaging audiences that have traditionally felt disconnected from governing bodies, as well as building trust with city leaders to help them develop people-first approaches that result in visible policy and design change.