Julie Lane

Julie Lane is a senior leader focused on advancing social impact as a strategic, measurable driver of trust, relevance, and long-term value. As Senior Director of Strategy and Governance at Cisco, she works at the intersection of leadership, execution, and strategy, helping translate purpose into priorities, capabilities, and outcomes across a global organization. With a practitioner’s perspective shaped by experience spanning strategy and measurement, Julie’s work centers on building the conditions where impact can scale: clear direction, accountable leadership, systems that support learning and adaptation, and metrics that track real progress against pressing social challenges. She places particular emphasis on employee experience as one of the most credible indicators of whether organizational values are truly embedded and effective. Julie speaks and advises on how organizations can move from aspiration to credible, measurable impact. She believes meaningful social change is the result of deliberate action, shared responsibility, and continuous learning, and that business excellence and global citizenship are strongest when they reinforce one another.