Julie Frehafer

Alumni trustee Julie Frehafer ’11, of Eastampton, NJ, is a Project Planning Officer at Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, NJ, focused on improving short and long term workload demand signals and command staffing across the command’s entire portfolio of customers. She was previously a Program Manager, leading an integrated team across various functional areas and managing cost, schedule, and performance for several aircraft carrier Visual Landing Aid (VLA) programs. These programs encompass cradle-to-grave lifecycle management of the primary and backup optical and visual systems that guide fixed wing pilots to land safely on carrier flight decks, as well as their landbased training systems located at air stations throughout the world. Prior to being a Program Manager, she was a Systems Engineer supporting air/ship integration efforts for both an unmanned air system and L-Class ship design. Julie holds a Bachelor of Science in integrated business and engineering and a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering with an aerospace engineering minor from Lehigh, as well as a Master of Engineering in systems engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology with a graduate certificate in space systems engineering. Julie is a former president of Lehigh’s Young Alumni Council and volunteers with hospice patients in her free time.