{"id":11065,"date":"2024-08-13T20:14:41","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T00:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/julie-kurd\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T15:27:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T19:27:56","slug":"julie-kurd","status":"publish","type":"profiles","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/julie-kurd\/","title":{"rendered":"Julie Kurd"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull profile__standard-wrapper has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns profile__columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column profile__left-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-3bd72ab2 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"profile__image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Julie Kurd\" style=\"object-fit:contain\" class=\"wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/images\/facstaff\/KurdJulie.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<aside class=\"profile__contact profile__contact--api wp-block-amp-profile-contact\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n  <h5>Contact<\/h5>\n  <div class=\"profile__contact-row\">\n          <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--phone\">\n        <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n        Phone\n      <\/h6>\n      <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"telephone\">\n        617-358-4422      <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n              <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--email\">\n        <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n        Email\n      <\/h6>\n      <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\">\n        <a href=\"mailto:julieku@bu.edu\" itemprop=\"email\">\n          julieku@bu.edu        <\/a>\n      <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"profile__contact-buttons\">\n              <div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-primary-button\">\n          <a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/faculty\/uploadFiles\/cvUploadsProfile\/MK_Kurd_Julie_CV.pdf\">\n            Download CV\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-primary-button\">\n          <a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/juliekurd\" itemprop=\"url\">\n            Visit Website\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"profile__contact-row\">\n\n              <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--office\">\n          <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n          Office\n        <\/h6>\n        <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"workLocation\">\n          610        <\/p>\n      <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--bu\">\n          <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px\">\n            Boston University <br \/>\n            Questrom School of Business\n          <\/h6>\n                        <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"address\">\n                Rafik B. Hariri Building <br \/>\n                595 Commonwealth Avenue <br \/>\n                Boston, MA 02215\n              <\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/aside><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column profile__right-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-3bd72ab2 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__header-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7db9d80f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__header-content has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Julie Kurd<\/h2>\n<div class=\"alignfull wp-block-amp-profile-position\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-transform-uppercase has-p-2-font-size\" style=\"text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: 600\">\n\t\t\tLecturer, Marketing\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-amp-profile-bio\">\n\t<p>I am a Lecturer in critical thinking (undergraduate) and leadership communications (graduate) at BU Questrom School of Business.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to this, my career included ~12 years with Fidelity Investments (1992-2005), rapidly promoted through a variety of roles and divisions and ~16 years with CMB (2006-2010 and 2012-2024), a mid sized primary market research consultancy, where I ran Sales &amp; Revenue. Most recently, In 2022 I began to serve as an Advisor for Intuify, an AI start up in the market research space, with approvals from CMB and began as Chief Client Officer (fractional) in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to BU Questrom, I was an in person adjunct Lecturer at Emmanuel College (HRM9014 Org Development, MGMT 7113 Org Behavior, HRM9028 Ethics &amp; Diversity in.a global environment and at Quincy College where I taught several business marketing evening classes in person.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m on the Board of Directors of the Boston Debate League (Nov 2024-present). In 2024 I spent one year as an Advisory Board Member for UVM&#8217;s Grossman School of Business Women in Leadership Executive Education Program, helping evaluate and improve the curriculum.<\/p>\n<p>Awards include a Laureate achievement in our Insights Industry for outstanding leadership, dedication &amp; service in our industry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-amp-profile-data profile-data\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained wp-block-amp-profile-education\">\n\t<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-weight: 500\">\n\tEducation\t<\/h5>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-row has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">MBA, Boston University, 1991<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">BA, Colby College, 1987<\/p>\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"bu_is_from_api":true,"buID":"U70831317","lastName":"Kurd","firstName":"Julie","middleName":"","suffixName":"","phone":"617-358-4422","email":"julieku@bu.edu","pronouns":"","cv":"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/faculty\/uploadFiles\/cvUploadsProfile\/MK_Kurd_Julie_CV.pdf","website":"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/juliekurd","office":"610","address":"595 Commonwealth Ave","bio":"I am a Lecturer in critical thinking (undergraduate) and leadership communications (graduate) at BU Questrom School of Business.\n\nPrior to this, my career included ~12 years with Fidelity Investments (1992-2005), rapidly promoted through a variety of roles and divisions and ~16 years with CMB (2006-2010 and 2012-2024), a mid sized primary market research consultancy, where I ran Sales & Revenue. 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