As CEO, Julia J. Lilly (Julie) is responsible for client service and satisfaction, finance, business development and strategic planning. Julie is a member of the Management, Risk Management, and Trust Committees.
Before joining ArchBridge Family Office, Julie spent more than 20 years at Lewis Rice LLC, a leading St. Louis-based regional law firm. She began in the Trusts and Estates group and later spent 15 years leading the firm’s operations team. As Chief Operating Officer, she oversaw human resources, finance, budgeting and billing, technology, facilities, and marketing. Julie earned a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University, cum laude, and a law degree from Washington University, where she graduated first in her class. She was named “Outstanding CEO” in the 2023 Family Wealth Report Awards and was honored as one of the St. Louis Business Journal’s “Most Influential Business Women” in 2018.
Away from work, Julie serves on the Boards of the St. Louis Regional Business Council, the Missouri Botanical Garden, and the Edward Mallinkrodt, Jr. Foundation. She also sits on the Board of Auto Club Enterprises (located in Costa Mesa, CA) and serves as the Vice Chair of the AAA, Inc. Board of Directors. Julie previously served on the Board of the St. Louis Zoo Association, the St. Louis Children’s Hospital Foundation, City Academy, and is the past Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Mary Institute Country Day School (MICDS), her alma mater.
She loves to play golf, travel, read, share a bottle of wine with friends and walk the beach in search of the perfect seashell.