Julie Sharpe, Interim Executive Director

With over three decades of experience leading client relations, business development, and staffing operations, Julie Sharpe is excited to bring her collaborative leadership style and entrepreneurial drive to the Women’s Fund as Interim Executive Director.  Believing firmly in the WFET mission, she looks to share her successes in forming strategic corporate partnerships, building deep client trust, and developing high-performing teams to the WFET organization.

Julie thrives in people-centered environments that value growth, resilience, and connection – core values of our organization.  She launched her early career in real estate financing/residential mortgage lending, with a special focus on guiding clients through complex decisions and investments. Julie was able to utilize her training, along with strong organizational, interpersonal, and managerial skills to co-create and launch StaffSource, a local business focused on staffing and recruiting, particularly in the accounting, finance and IT fields – and recognized on both a local and national level for its rapid growth and success within the industry.  

Divesting her interests in the company in 2020, Julie took a brief respite to train as a certified Private Life Coach and Consultant, all while relocating her family to back into Knoxville post-pandemic. She continues a life-long commitment to service, community impact, and collaboration in East Tennessee through her involvement in the following organizations: East Tennessee Children’s Hospital Fantasy of Trees, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Member and Event Committee, Knoxville Museum of Art, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Helen Ross McNabb, and the Knoxville Challenger Tennis Tournament.

Julie is a proud Knoxville native and single mother to Brittni and James, which makes her feel especially connected to the Women’s Fund mission.