Principals/Owners/Key Leadership Team

Julie Lilliston is Founder & President, Julie Lilliston Communications, a certified Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) and a Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB) by the Small Business Administration. Julie Lilliston Communications is a public relations agency specializing in business-to-business communications, thought leadership and reputation management located in Nashville, Tenn. 

Julie is an award-winning professional with more than 20 years of experience developing communications campaigns to help businesses enhance their reputation, build their brand and grow market share. She cultivated her expertise at global public relations firms Weber Shandwick and MSLGroup in Austin and Chicago as a Vice President and served clients including Archer Daniels Midland, Syngenta, Bayer HealthCare Animal Health Division and Mars, Inc. 

Her work on the GoDirect public education and engagement campaign for the U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve Banks earned numerous awards including a PRSA Silver Anvil and PRWeek Award.

Julie founded her company in 2014 and has partnered with a range of clients including DevMar Products, Apto Global, PALCO, Personalized Payroll Services Inc., Caregivers by WholeCare, Dismas, Inc., WBEC South and Bryla J Couture Clothiers. In 2019, Julie Lilliston Communications was listed as a “Top 15 Public Relations Agencies in Nashville” by Up City. 

She is a global media strategist and has placed client stories in American Dream TV, CBS News, USA Today, MBE Magazine, PRWeek, Reader’s Digest, Rue, PARADE, Marketplace, Essence, Enterprising Women, In the Know Radio Magazine Show, Her Story of Success, Professional WOMAN’s Magazine and numerous trades. Her firm has successfully launched technology products in the Middle East and North Africa as well as Southeast Asia.  

Julie is a member of the Public Relations Society of America and serves on the National Corporate Communications Section Committee. She serves on the board of the National Association of Women Business Owners, Nashville Chapter, as Corporate Partners Chair and Past President. She served on the board of directors for Dismas House as Marketing Chair and a member of the Executive Committee for three years. Julie has been a mentor at the Nashville Business Journal’s Mentoring Monday the past three years and at Vanderbilt University’s Women in Business Mentorship Program. 

She was selected to participate in the 2020 Leadership Connect cohort with the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce learning from the region's top CEOs on challenges facing the region. Julie is a recipient of the 2020 Women of Influence Award by the Nashville Business Journal and a 2020 ATHENA Award nominee.  

Julie Lilliston Communications has won numerous awards for clients including Nashville Business Journal’s Most Admired CEOs, Young Professional ATHENA Award and Small Business of the Year. Julie has presented on marketing topics at Mastermind Groups, International Coach Federation and Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce’s Business Studio. 

Julie has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from The College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio.