Julie Leach, Executive Director

Julie became Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe’s Executive Director in 2015 after serving as Chairman of the Board of Trustees for four years. She came to this position with extensive finance and management experience, having run a church religious education program, worked as an audit manager for Deloitte in Dallas, Texas, and operated her own CPA and investment advising business. Julie earned her MBA in Finance and Statistics from the University of Chicago and is a retired Certified Public Accountant.

Since moving to Florida, Julie has focused her attention on volunteer leadership. She is a Past President and Treasurer at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota, where she has been a member with a deep involvement in its social justice work since 2000. Julie is also a Past President of the Board of Trustees and Endowment Board of Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School in Bradenton and is President of the Board of Directors of the Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County.

In January 2019, Julie received a Woman of Power award from the National Council of Jewish Women. Julie and her husband, Brock Leach, jointly received the 2019 Schoenbaum Humanitarian Award from The Salvation Army of Sarasota County.

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