Julia R. Brown

Julia R. Brown is an executive from the life science industry. She has served as a member of the board of directors of numerous drug development companies. Julia held senior executive positions with Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Amylin, Inc. She spent over 25 years with Eli Lilly and Company in progressively more senior roles.

Julia is a member of the board and past chair of Corporate Directors Forum, a southern California organization dedicated to high standards of corporate governance. She is also a member of the board of Cleantech San Diego, an industry association. Brown chairs the city’s Sustainable Energy Advisory Board and is a member of the National Advisory Board of the Union of Concerned Scientists.

Julia received the Hugh Friedman Award for Director of the Year in 2016. In 2012, she received UC San Diego Chancellor’s Medal. In 2014, the UC San Diego Alumni Association honored Julia as Honorary Alumna of the Year. In 2010, Julia received CONNECT’s award for “Distinguished Contribution to Life Science Innovation.” She won San Diego Business Journal’s “Women Who Mean Business” award in 2006. In 2005, Girl Scouts San Diego named Julia one of San Diego’s ten Cool Women.

Julia holds a B.S. from Louisiana Tech University and a M.L.A. from Harvard.