Julie Zuraw is the President & CEO of the Invest Ahead, a group of institutional investors, asset managers, and private equity firms representing over $8 trillion in AUM, who advocate for diversity on corporate boards. She drives the organization’s growth across strategy, operations, regulatory and legislative activities, finance and programming.

Zuraw spent her early career in the world of advertising, where she was Director of Strategy for the Publicis Brand Optimizations Systems Group, building the $10B company’s brand education practice and overseeing global client operations. She subsequently consulted directly with business leaders on corporate brand strategy, performance improvement, and leadership challenges. Since then, she has been President and COO of two New York City-based real estate investment, development, and management companies, and out of these experiences, created the Lead Like a Woman^TM program, which helps female executives navigate and advance in male-dominated industries.

Julie has been a faculty member in the Columbia University School of Architecture and at Barnard College, where she has worked with undergraduate and graduate students.

She is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College.