Julia Osterman Strong has worked across the non-profit, public, and private sectors to advance positive impact at the intersection of climate change, nature conservation, and finance including at The Nature Conservancy, the California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, Blue Forest Conservation and New Forests. She most recently led business development at NCX, a climate tech and precision forestry company focused on building the future of natural capital markets. She cofounded and cohosts “Solving Climate, Naturally” a podcast about nature-based solutions to climate change.

Julia earned her MBA-MS in Environment and Resources with a focus on land use from Stanford Graduate School of Business. At Stanford, she co-led GSB’s Sustainable Business Club, co-founded the GSB’s business, climate and innovation summit and partnered with The Natural Capital Project and the InterAmerican Development Bank to advance investment in nature-based solutions. She earned a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies with a focus on biodiversity conservation from Yale University.

As a Yale Blue Green board member, Julia would be interested in supporting alumni and students to find career opportunities in climate, helping YaleBlueGreen evaluate different business models for funding its activities and growing its impact, and could contribute her communications, website design, and business/non-profit strategy experience. She would bring her infectious energy and enthusiasm as well as creative ideas such as an alumni hill day to advocate for pro-climate policies