Julie Fisher
Julie Fisher
Biography
Ms. Julie Fisher is the Manager of Planning and Analysis and an Advisor within PNNL’s Energy and Environment Directorate (EED) Program Development Office. In this cross-cutting role, and as a member of the EED leadership team, she oversees a broad range of strategic planning, execution, and engagement functions. She evaluates and assesses opportunities, measures performance, manages risk, and enables data-based decisions with the goal of aligning EED’s mission, science, and technology with the most impactful outcomes.
Ms. Fisher served as Strategic Communications Advisor for the Office of Performance Management from 2015-2021 where she provided communication counsel and change management expertise related to performance measurement, risk management, and contractor assurance. She served on the Lab’s Diversity and Inclusion Council and assisted with the launch of several Employee Resource Groups.
Concurrently, she served as a Crisis Communications Specialist on PNNL’s COVID-19 Response Team employing risk mitigation and crisis communication best practices in a rapidly evolving and unprecedented international pandemic.
Prior to this role, Ms. Fisher served as the Communications Manager and a trusted advisor to the Laboratory Director from 2009 - 2015 by providing strategic counsel and tactical expertise in the development and implementation of complex communication strategies and messages for a wide range of audiences designed to protect and grow PNNL’s reputation as a world-class scientific research institution.
Ms. Fisher joined PNNL in 2001 and gained expertise writing and reviewing proposals and Lab-level initiatives as well as leading the Lab’s R&D 100 and FLC awards program. Before joining PNNL, she worked for several years in private industry as well as an internship at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Outside of work, Ms. Fisher volunteers at several non-profits including the Tri-City Union Gospel Mission and Vital Wines.
Ms. Fisher holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Willamette University.