Julie and her team are responsible for the strategy, policy and investment areas of the organisation. Julie joined Sport NZ in January 2012 and was previously at Te Puni Kokiri, where she held the position of Deputy Secretary, Support Services, and earlier Group Manager, Finance.   

She is a chartered accountant with an auditing, finance and management background, predominantly within central government. 

Julie is the Chairperson of Te Aka o Te Kupenga Maidstone Park Trust in a volunteer capacity. 

Julie has played both age-grade and senior representative netball for Hawke's Bay, Manawatu and Wellington. She now spends much of her weekends supporting her two teenage children on the sport’s ‘field’.