ABOUT
Here to serve you.
We are nimble, effective, and committed to building the right team – through strategic partnerships – to meet our client’s exact needs. With deep experience in humanitarian assistance, international development, and corporate social responsibility, BGS draws upon and has access to a stable of the best indie specialists in the field.
Julie Barrett O'Brien
President and Founder
Driven by purpose, Julie helps private, public, and non-profit organizations turn big questions and big ideas into even bigger opportunities for social, economic and environmental impact. She's an accomplished, enthusiastic executive with broad experience driving strategy and results through integrated marketing, strategic communications, partnerships, and corporate social impact.
Julie has successfully navigating the private, public and social sectors, and has developed a unique perspective on organizational effectiveness and impact. She has led social responsibility, strategic communications, marketing and advocacy efforts in more than 20 countries on five continents and develops high impact private public partnerships in agriculture, global health, women and youth empowerment.
She has lectured on Global Affairs at Yale University, and has been an Adviser to the Clinton Global Initiative, the World Bank, and NAFTA’s Business Commission for Environmental Cooperation. Having served on nonprofit Boards since 1990, Julie is currently the Board President of The Coffee Trust, and Chair of the Governance Committee for local Community Foundation.
WHERE WE'VE WORKED
Our Reach and Impact can Be Felt Around the Globe
From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, BGS has worked with people and organizations in the business, government, and social sectors in more than 25 countries.