Primary Job Title President and COO Primary Organization 
The Watermill Group
Location Boston, Massachusetts, United States Regions Greater Boston Area, East Coast, New England Gender Female
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Julia Karol (jkarol@watermill.com) is President and COO of Watermill Group. She is responsible for overall firm operations and helping Watermill portfolio companies develop and implement their strategies. Previously, as a Watermill Principal, Julia helped guide the day-to-day operations of the firm, directed the firm’s investor relations and
managed fundraising initiatives for acquisitions.
Prior to joining Watermill, Julia worked at Jumpstart, a national nonprofit organization. While at Jumpstart, she managed Boston-area fundraising, coordinated communication and marketing efforts, cultivated partnerships, developed alumni relations programming, and oversaw staff recruitment efforts. Julia founded and served as board chair for the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network in Boston. She is a former member of both the Breakthrough Greater Boston’s Associate Board and the Young Adult Committee for the Winsor School in Boston. Julia is a member of ACG Boston.
She received a M.A. in Education Policy, Organization and Leadership from Stanford University, completed the Summer Institute for Entrepreneurship at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and earned a B.A. from Tufts University. Currently, she a member of the 2017 class of the Harvard Business School’s Owners, Presidents, Managers Program.
