About Julie

Julie Mitchell, M.A. is an experienced coach, consultant, award-winning speaker and educator who specializes in effective communication and leadership development. She helps people develop more positive working relationships, improve performance and achieve goals through better communication.

For over 25 years, Julie has helped her clients to connect with others through delivering appropriate, clear and memorable messages. Her diverse communication expertise allows her to provide a full range of services. She identifies individual, team and organization-wide strengths. Julie collaborates with her clients to make the most of every communication opportunity. Her role may range from designing a leadership retreat focusing on stewardship of resources, to “just-in-time coaching” for a manager who has little time to prepare a high-stakes presentation. She is sought after as an executive speech coach because of her proven ability to facilitate exceptional results under the most challenging circumstances.

Fortune 500 corporations have retained Julie as lead consultant for long-term organizational development assignments. She has managed innovative team projects for organizations ranging from large health care providers to major research universities. Throughout her career, she has held various roles in higher education, allowing her to pursue a lifelong love of teaching and learning.

Julie offers coaching, consulting and customized programs for non-profit organizations and corporations in the Research Triangle area and beyond. She advises leaders ranging from campus administrators and faculty to physicians, scientists, corporate CEOs and entrepreneurs. She frequently works with other business owners, coaches, consultants and senior professionals in career transition who seek her broad range of professional development and communication expertise.

Julie earned a bachelor’s degree with honors in communication from the University of Evansville and a Master of Arts in Communication Studies (organizational communication focus) at Kent State University. Julie is a member of the National Communication Association and the Triangle Organization Development Network. She has served in volunteer leadership roles for United Way, the American Society for Training and Development, the Cleveland Coaching Federation and other associations.