Julia Means is a certified safety professional (CSP) with over 16 years of experience in occupational health and safety with a strong focus on industrial safety. Julia’s experience includes managing in-house safety programs and providing outside consultative services to higher education, public authorities, and private industry clients. She works collaboratively with leadership, operations, researchers, and educators to understand their needs and implement achievable solutions to fit their unique challenges. For the last four years, Julia has applied her knowledge and experience to lead the design, implementation, and delivery of industrial safety services at the University of California at Davis, where she acts as the lead general and occupational safety specialist.  In addition to her work at UC Davis, Julia heads two safety workgroups for the University of California system. Julia is the current chair of the UC Occupational Safety Workgroup. This workgroup is comprised of representatives from 10 campuses, five healthcare systems, and one national laboratory. Recognizing the unique challenges that campuses face with electrical safety, Julia founded and leads the UC Electrical Safety Program Workgroup. Both leadership roles allow Julia to collaborate with safety professionals within the UC system and other institutions to strategically tackle some of the toughest safety challenges facing higher education.