Julia Fedor is the head of brand marketing operations at United Airlines, where she and her team support the execution and measurement of brand-building campaigns and have helped transform how the airline advertises and shows up in culture. 

She is a marketing communications leader with a hybrid of agency and brand experience across travel, consumer goods, health care, and nonprofits. She sits on the board of directors of the Chicago Advertising Federation and was named a 4 Under 40 Emerging Leader by the American Marketing Association. 

Before joining United, Julia was a vice president and project director at Edelman, overseeing program operations for a multimillion-dollar global client portfolio. Prior to that, she produced digital campaigns at Leo Burnett. 

Julia received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Northwestern University. Raised in Florida, she has lived in Washington, D.C. and Istanbul and now calls Chicago home.