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Julie Tea, senior consultant, has over sixteen years of experience in higher education and has been leading executive searches for nine years.

Prior to joining Academic Search, Inc., Julie served small- to medium-sized highly selective private universities and garnered experience at the executive, graduate, and undergraduate levels. She has significant knowledge of the culture of higher education and its best practices.

Most recently, Julie served as a special assistant to the president at the University of Richmond (Richmond, Va.), a position she held for more than seven years. As a direct report to the president, Julie played a critical role in the development of the institution’s leadership team, leading several senior-level searches in the areas of academic affairs, advancement, student affairs, and institutional research. Through this work and other senior administrative responsibilities, which included the management of a presidential transition, she interacted regularly with members of the university’s board of trustees, donors, faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community leaders.

Prior to her engagement at the University of Richmond, Julie worked for several years at Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.). She coordinated international admissions at the undergraduate level before moving to the Georgetown Graduate Public Policy Institute to direct its academic administration and career development program. Julie began her work in education abroad, as a teacher of English as a second language for the St. Stephen’s School, an international high school in Rome, Italy.

Julie earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a master’s degree from Georgetown University.