Short Bio
Dr. Julie Armstrong is a strategic leadership expert and leadership development practitioner with more than 25 years of business experience. Julie’s professional career spans multiple industries including financial services, marketing, advertising, and communications within non-profit, small business, global, and Fortune 100 companies. Julie’s breadth of experience equips her to engage with teams of all sizes and leaders at all levels, helping them solve leadership problems from a rich variety of first-hand perspectives.
Julie holds a Doctor of Strategic Leadership (DSL) and a Master of Arts in Executive Leadership (MAEL), both from Liberty University, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in American Studies from Mary Washington College (now University of Mary Washington). Her doctoral research, titled Toward Understanding Middle Leadership, focused on the leadership competencies middle managers need to perform as middle leaders and their influence on employee performance. Julie is particularly interested in pursuing research related to strategic leadership, middle leadership, shared leadership, and leadership development.
Julie lives with her husband of 27 years in the Washington D.C. metro area, and has four grown children, one son-in-law, a sweet baby grandson, and a menagerie of pets. Outside her leadership work, Julie enjoys spending time with family and friends, sipping strong coffee or fine wine, and reading a good book on a sunny beach.
