Hult Alumni Magazine Issue 3 | Page 14

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT Stepping out in Sustainable Style Julie Brown, MBA Class of 2011 alum, tells us about how she has gone about fulfilling her dream of offering women sustainable, yet fashion-forward footwear. What have you been up to since you graduated from Hult? My Hult experience helped expand my viewpoint which led to me becoming enthralled by sustainability and its true purpose in life. Following graduation, I shared my understanding of the field via avenues such as volunteering for an inner-city community garden and debuting a sustainable shoe line called Julie Bee’s. Tell us more about Julie Bee’s. What prompted you to start the company and what have you found to be most rewarding about the experience? I launched Julie Bee’s in November 2012 to fulfill my dream of offering women stylish sh