Julie Kampf

Julie Kampf is a global business executive and thought leader on talent and diversity, with 30 years of experience in the life science and retail/consumer fashion industries and on not-for-profit Boards of Directors. She is currently Board Director for Marizyme, Inc. a Florida-based Biotech Company, and Chief Executive Officer of JBK Associates International, which she founded in 2003, which has grown to become a multi-million-dollar company as one of INC’s fastest growing private companies, four consecutive years, beginning in 2011. Julie has a reputation for delivering results that exceed expectations working with life science company CEOs and Boards, ranging from companies included in the Fortune 100 to early stage start-up companies.

Prior to founding JBK and moving into the life science industry, Julie gained deep business knowledge in product development, marketing, sales, and organizational development, having started her 17-year career in the fashion industry as a Macy’s Executive Trainee, with a subsequent series of roles of increasing responsibility at Warnaco Inc, Hartmann Inc and Michael Stevens, LTD, ultimately rising to Sr. VP with P&L responsibilities with a track record of consistently growing revenues and delivering strong profits.

In addition to recent public board experience, Julie has significant not-for-profit board and advisory committee experience having served on Howard University’s School of Communications Board of Visitors, where she helped launch an entrepreneurial incubator and established an award for student entrepreneurs. Her not-for-profit board service spans the Linkage Diversity Summit, Enterprising Women magazine, International Association of Corporate and Professional Recruitment, Girl Scout Council of Bergen County, Guiding Eyes for the Blind. Additionally, she has served on the Executive Committee of Good Grief, a national leader in delivering grief services to children and their families.

Deeply committed to enhancing the careers and well-being of other women, Julie was president of the 1,750-member HBA (Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association) Metro Chapter, where she co-founded a successful mentoring program. At the same time as a founding member of Bergen County’s Women United in Philanthropy, she helped launch the area’s largest grantor giving circle focused on women’s issues.

Julie has received numerous awards, including having been recognized as one of New Jersey’s Best 50 Women in Business, an Enterprising Woman of The Year, , an Ernst & Young Entrepreneurial Winning Woman and a Brava Smart CEO Winner. In 2013 and 2009, Julie was recognized as one of the PharmaVoice 100 ‘most inspiring people in the Life Science Industry’.

As a thought leader, Julie has spoken at the Yale School of Management to the Multicultural Forum on Workplace Diversity, published articles on talent-related issues, appeared on national TV and other media outlets, and has authored a book on how to stand up for principles such as quality, integrity and service.