Julie Fasone Holder

About Julie Fasone Holder

Julie Fasone Holder is an independent corporate director, former Senior Vice President of Dow and current entrepreneur/founder of JFH Insights, known for her passion in helping women succeed in work and life. Her corporate career began in sales and ended in the C-Suite of a Fortune 50 company. She ran multi-billion dollar business portfolios for Dow and at the end of her career ran Marketing and Sales, Reputation, Public and Government Affairs and HR for the company. As the first or only woman in almost every role she held, she was known for her passion to help the company build a more diverse and inclusive workforce. She was instrumental in the launch of the company’s women’s networks in the US, Middle East, India, and China and for being a forceful advocate and sponsor for women in the company. Since leaving Dow, she has taken public and non profit board roles and started JFH Insights, primarily focused on training and coaching executive women and men. She developed executive education courses for the Eli Broad College of Management at Michigan State University and for the Goizueta School of Business at Emory Unversity She regularly speaks on topics such as Negotiate Your Way to Leadership, The Unwritten Rules of Leadership and The Art of Tactful Self Promotion. See jfhinsights.com for additional topics and information. She currently serves on the boards of Eastman Chemical Co, and as vice chair and trustee at The McLaren N MI Regional Hospital. She previously sat on the boards of WR Grace and Wolverine Bank. She was past president of the Eli Broad College of Business Alumni Advisory Board, served on the Governing Board of the Committee of 200, an invitation only group of women executives and entrepreneurs and is a founding member of Paradigm for Parity coalition. She is also on the advisory board at North Central Michigan College

Experience

1. Member Board of Directors

   Eastman

   Dec 2011 — Present

Education

• Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

  Director Development Program

  2009 — 2009

• Michigan State University - The Eli Broad College of Business

  BA, Business Administration

  1971 — 1975