About Julie Burkey
Throughout her career, people have always been at the center of Julie’s work.
Today, Julie brings together her experience as a professional coach, speaker, educator, and community leader to help individuals and organizations navigate life’s most challenging transitions with greater clarity, confidence, and hope.
Her workshops and programs focus on supporting those impacted by cancer, caregiving, grief, and major life changes. She is especially passionate about helping individuals and families better understand available supportive services, strengthen communication with healthcare teams, and feel empowered to make informed decisions during difficult seasons of life.
Julie is also dedicated to helping women build confidence around financial conversations. Through educational workshops and community programs, she helps women better understand financial concepts, ask meaningful questions, and become active participants in their financial future.
In addition to her coaching and speaking work, Julie serves as Volunteer Chair of the AdventHealth Cancer Institute Foundation Leadership Council, where she helps connect community leaders, philanthropic partners, and healthcare professionals in support of innovative cancer programs, patient services, research initiatives, and survivorship resources.
A cancer caregiver herself during her husband’s four-year battle with advanced prostate cancer, Julie understands firsthand the challenges families face when navigating illness, uncertainty, loss, and rebuilding life afterward. That experience continues to shape her mission of helping others find strength, purpose, and hope.
Her experience taught her that while loss changes us, it does not define us. Today, she helps others discover that hope, purpose, and meaning can still be found beyond life’s most difficult circumstances.
When she’s not speaking, facilitating workshops, or volunteering in the community, Julie enjoys spending time with her children and grandchildren, traveling, singing in her church choir, and continuing her lifelong commitment to faith, service, and personal growth.