Julie Okada, CEO

Julie is the CEO and a Partner of Triad Consulting Group. As a consultant, facilitator, and coach, she helps organizations achieve their goals by building leaders’ capacity to clarify direction, communicate decisions, lead teams, and navigate sticky workplace dynamics — all while learning and growing together.

Previously, Julie was a Partner and Global Head of Learning & Leadership Development at Brunswick Group, the global advisory firm. Prior to that she was a Managing Director at Duke Corporate Education, advising Fortune 500 clients on talent development, learning strategies, and leadership programs. Julie started her career at PwC, where she architected the Canadian firm’s transformative gender diversity initiative. Julie has worked across a diverse set of industries, including industrial manufacturing, healthcare, energy, technology, consumer goods, and financial services. Her representative clients include American Express, Cisco, Caterpillar, the International Monetary Fund, Nike, and Microsoft.

Julie has a Bachelor of Science in Biology from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Master of Public Health from Emory University, and a Master of Arts in Sociology, also from Emory University. Past research has explored how we make meaning from work and how workplace culture shapes career trajectories.

Born and raised in Toronto, Julie now calls Atlanta home. Restoring her first home, that started out inhabitable, has been one of her most satisfying challenges to date.