Julia S. Emlen is the principal of Julia S. Emlen Associates. She has more than a dozen years' experience in advancement and fundraising across the non-profit spectrum. She has consulted on resource development with non-profit organizations in secondary and higher education, land conservation, health care and the arts.

She oversaw the donor-relations program for Brown University during its successful Campaign for the Rising Generation. She was responsible for the university’s development communications and donor-relations program following the campaign. She administered Brown University’s advancement services units, and directed the university’s parents leadership program, managing a portfolio of major-gift parent prospects.

She holds degrees from Boston University and the University of Rhode Island. She is a frequent presenter at AFP and CASE conferences, and has chaired the CASE Annual Meeting for Donor Relations and Stewardship. She is the author of Intentional Stewardship: Bringing Your Donors to Their Highest Level of Philanthropy (CASE, 2006).

Julia holds the CASE Crystal Apple Award for Teaching Excellence and is a member of the Association of Philanthropic Counsel.