Julie Saunders

Julie is an urban planner with over 25 years of experience working in diverse roles around the country. She currently is a Director at Urbis. Her passion for serving community is demonstrated in her breadth of experience across various levels of government, the not for profit sector as well as in the private sector. Julie commenced her career in town planning and has undertaken large scale master planning for communities across South East Queensland. She has a diverse range of experience in the planning and development pipeline through her roles in statutory and strategic planning and agency work. Prior to her property career, Julie enjoyed roles involved in the reform of the planning system through her work with the Queensland State Government, advocacy work across the education sector through the Queensland Schools Planning Commission and as manager of large scale development assessment teams in local government. Julie was recently appointed by the Minister as the Chair for the Housing Supply Expert Panel and is also the Past Chair of the Queensland Chapter of Learning Environments Australasia.