Julie Zafiratos
Dean's Office Assistant
Office of the Dean

Julie Zafiratos serves as an Assistant to the Dean at the Leeds School of Business.ÌýShe grew up in Corvallis, Oregon, where her father worked at Oregon State University until moving to University of Colorado, Â鶹ӰԺ to become a faculty member in the Physics Department here.ÌýJulie attended Santa Clara University and Colorado College before returning to Â鶹ӰԺ to finish her degree in Journalism at CU.ÌýÌý

After college, Julie moved to San Francisco and traveled to Australia and Europe before starting her journalism career in advertising at J. Walter Thompson.ÌýFollowing a few years in advertising and working in merchandising and marketing at internet startups in the Bay Area, she moved to Los Angeles to spend several years freelancing in movie, television and digital video production management.ÌýÌý

2015 brought her to California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo where she began working in academia, a rewarding vocation that she is happy to be able to continue here at the Leeds School of Business at CU.ÌýJulie is glad to be staying in Â鶹ӰԺ, reconnecting with old friends, being near family, and enjoying all of the natural beauty that the seasons of Colorado have to offer.ÌýShe is a former yoga teacher who loves cooking, reading, and her mostly tame but wholly adorable feral rescue cat.