Julia Farr, a sixth-generation Washingtonian and third-generation Hoya, is the first female executive director of the Georgetown University Alumni Association (GUAA). Farr is an attorney and entrepreneur. She has 17 years of experience as a corporate securities attorney and executive, beginning her legal career at K&L Gates and later becoming vice president and chief compliance officer for public real estate investment trust Sotherly Hotels. In 2010, Farr left the practice of law to build a career in fashion. She opened her eponymous boutique in Washington, DC. In 2012, she launched the Julia Farr Collection, a U.S.-based women’s apparel design, manufacturing, and sales company focused on the sartorial needs of the professional woman which donated a portion of sales to women’s and children’s charities. Since graduating from Georgetown in 1988, Farr has volunteered extensively. In addition to serving on the GUAA Board of Governors and as a class ambassador for many years, she headed the Georgetown University Alumni Association from 2010 to 2012. During her term, she enhanced opportunities for alumnae connections and connected alumni based on special interests and professional affiliations. As all GUAA presidents do, during her GUAA presidency, she served simultaneously on the university’s Board of Directors. As executive director, Farr oversees the Alumni Association Board of Governors, Career and Lifelong Learning, Law Alumni Relations and Annual Giving, Medical Center Constituent Engagement, Professional Alliances & Affinity, and Regional Engagement teams. Since arriving back on the Hilltop in 2018, Farr has focused on the Association diversity, equity, and inclusion strategy and efforts, spoken to alumni audiences across the globe, and led GUAA’s COVID-19 pandemic pivot to virtual alumni engagement which offered hundreds of virtual events Hoyas. She is the host of 1789 Seconds, a virtual fireside chat series featuring alumni stories and is a frequent contributor to the GUAA Ask the Author series and the Georgetown Magazine. Farr lives on the corner of 36th and O and is the proud parent of three Hoyas. She is also the part-time parent of Jack the Bulldog!