Julie Anderson

Julie Anderson is the senior manager of the health and wellness coaching program and a wellness coach for Healthy Living. She oversees 26 coaches (and counting) on staff providing health and wellness coaching within seven different areas of focus. She has worked in various roles within  Stanford since 1991. Julie enjoys supporting people in making a behavior change that’s sustainable by providing space for participants to think more deeply about their health vision and their values. She believes that people often know what to do and just need support figuring out strategies for getting on track. She has developed deeper compassion for others because of her own life experiences. 

Julie grew up in Chicago and earned her bachelor’s degree (health fitness) from Springfield College in Massachusetts and her master’s in public health from San Jose State. In 2017, she became a Certified Wellcoach® and was in the first cohort to become a national board-certified health and wellness coach. She earned a lifestyle medicine coach certificate in 2019 through the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.

Julie got married and had her daughter later in life so as a mom in her 50’s, she knows what it’s like to juggle work, marriage and raising a preteen. She enjoys attending musical theatre, playing volleyball and ping pong, running and hiking, reading a good book and watching a good movie.