Julie Mahowald serves as Housing Trust’s Chief Financial Officer and is responsible for strategy and planning, capital structure, capital raise and investor partnerships, finance, administration, and operations. Prior to joining Housing Trust, Mahowald served in various corporate finance roles in high growth tech firms such as Oracle, Maxtor, Celestica, and as CFO of various Silicon Valley start-ups. Mahowald’s roles included raising capital from banks and venture firms, international finance/treasury, and guiding all financial, tax, and legal aspects of an IPO (the largest in Silicon Valley in 1997). Mahowald also has extensive non-profit management experience, largely in board of director roles at including at a community foundation and in education.
Mahowald earned her BA in Economics from Tulane University and an MBA in Finance and MA in International Studies from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania where she was a Fellow with the Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies.