Julie Taylor, CAE

Ms. Taylor has over thirty years of association management and meeting planning experience. She joined BOMA Oakland/East Bay as the Executive Director in June 2016. At BOMA, she has served on the BAE Council for five years, developing education and leadership skills for fellow BOMA Association Executives. She also serves as the BAE Representative on the Executive Committee of BOMA International.

She has excelled at achieving the organization’s goals: corporate sponsorship has grown 20%, luncheon participation has grown 40% and volunteerism is up 20%, the new committee structure and strategic plan that engages our Board and keeps the association developing. During COVID she adapted the organization's programs and services, membership has rebounded to pre-COVID levels and attendance at events are selling out.

Prior to that she was with the CWEA for sixteen years and leads the team working on education and training. She is highly experienced in negotiations and event planning, consistently exceeding goals and customer expectations. She has planned over 12,000 training events, for audiences of 10 to 2,500, serving more than 375,000 attendees. She has increased profitability of trainings by 25% overall, with many events seeing increased profits of 60%.

Ms. Taylor has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Telecommunications and Film from San Diego State University, with an emphasis on management and a minor in advertising. She is also a Certified Association Executive (CAE) through the American Society of Association Executives since 2002. She has volunteered in CalSAE for over 15 years and served on the Board of Directors for 2021-2023.