Julia Luscombe
Chief of Staff to the President and Chief Operating Officer, Builders Vision
As Chief of Staff, Julia will be responsible for helping to set organizational goals and priorities and tracking progress against them throughout the year, organizing and managing Leadership Team meetings and LT engagement, helping us prepare to support BV Board meetings, as well as executing on special projects.
Julia brings a deep commitment to community-led change and cross-sector collaboration to her work. Previously, she served as Vice President of Strategic Planning & Portfolio Management at Feeding America, where she facilitated multi-year planning and created systems for organizational effectiveness. She also led the development of a first-of-its-kind strategic framework shared by 400+ Feeding America network organizations, centering the voices of 3,000+ people facing hunger. Julia also spent five years strategy consulting at Monitor Deloitte, where she focused on customer experience, innovation, and data/analytics transformation programs. She also researched community economic development as a Fulbright Grantee in Ecuador.
Julia holds a B.A./B.Sc. from the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business at the University of Pennsylvania and a Masters in Local Economic Development from the London School of Economics & Political Science. She has been recognized as an Aspen Institute Food Leaders Fellow (2023) and a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader (2024). Julia lives in Chicago and enjoys exploring the City's neighborhoods, traveling, and cooking creative recipes to avoid food waste.