Julia Farr, a sixth-generation Washingtonian and third-generation Hoya, is the first female executive director of the Alumni Association. Farr is an attorney, entrepreneur, and fashion designer. She has 17 years of experience as a corporate securities attorney and executive, beginning her legal career at K&L Gates as an associate and later serving as vice president and chief compliance officer for Sotherly Hotels, a public real estate investment trust. In 2010, Farr stopped practicing law to build a business in fashion. She opened her eponymous boutique in Washington, D.C. 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, with a portion of sales donated to women and children’s charities.

Since graduating from Georgetown in 1988, Farr has had an extensive history of volunteerism with the University. In addition to serving on the GUAA Board of Governors and as a class ambassador for many years, she served as president of the Georgetown University Alumni Association from 2010 to 2012. During her term, she enhanced opportunities for alumnae to connect with Georgetown and also connected alumni based on special interests and professional affiliations while serving 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, Professional Alliances and Affinity, and Regional Engagement teams. Since arriving back on the Hilltop in 2018, Farr has focused on the Association’s diversity, equity, and inclusion strategies and efforts, spoken across the globe to alumni audiences, and, most recently, led GUAA’s pivot to virtual alumni engagement during the pandemic. 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.

Farr lives on the corner of 36th and O St. and is the proud parent of three Hoyas. She is also the part-time parent of Jack the Bulldog.