Julia Roig

Julia has more than 30 years of experience working for democratic change and conflict transformation around the world. Throughout her career she has been called upon to translate between theory and practice, while seeding new approaches, organizing principles, and mindset shifts for social change. After serving for almost 14 years as the President and CEO of PartnersGlobal, one of the preeminent international democracy and peacebuilding organizations – in 2022 Julia launched The Horizons Project to focus on the intersection of peacebuilding, social justice, and democracy in the United States.

She is a renowned public speaker, facilitator, and trainer; and is the main architect of ground-breaking new research and approaches for more effective Narratives for Peace, working with front-line peacebuilders, social scientists, filmmakers, advertising industry leaders, and other creatives to bring peacebuilding into the mainstream. She works with philanthropists, non-profits, and movement leaders to incorporate narrative competency as an essential tool for restoring societal relationships and democratic values.

Julia brings to Horizons her many years of diverse international experience and practical field work in more than 50 countries. Prior to joining PartnersGlobal, Julia spent two years as the Country Director for the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative in Belgrade, Serbia. She is also a recognized expert in community justice and dispute resolution in Colombia having spent five years living and working from Bogota, promoting a national expansion of the Equity Conciliation and Justice Houses programs.

She previously served as the Chair of the Board of the Alliance for Peacebuilding; and also has been on the boards of the Corruption, Justice and Legitimacy Program at Tufts University, the Democracy & Belonging Forum of the Othering & Belonging Institute; and Scripps College Laspa Center for Women’s Leadership. She currently is on the board of Horizon 2045.