Programs Coordinator, Julie Carr

Julie Carr

Human Resources Manager - Blackstone Audio, Inc.

julie.carr@blackstoneaudio.com

Julie went to college in from 98 - 00 for Criminal Justice while living in Washington State.  At that point in my life she wanted to be a Police Officer.  After college she moved to Roseburg, Oregon and she ended up getting a job at Lithia in Roseburg as a Personnel Coordinator.  She enjoyed the work she was doing and decided to stick with it.  In 2002 she moved up to Eugene and worked as a HR Assistant at a residential care facility for Dementia and Alzheimer’s patients.  By 2004 her folks had retired and moved home to Ashland, OR.  Realizing that she'd like to get more education for this line of work she moved down and enrolled myself at SOU.  She put myself through college while working full time at Mt. Ashland as their Human Resource Manager.  She received her degree in Business Management with a minor in Human Communication along with a certificate of Human Resource Management.  By this time it was 2008 and we all know what was going on with the economy.  She was laid off from Mt. Ashland and landed a job next door at nSpired Natural Foods (A Division of The Hain Celestial Group).  This is where she received the best HR experience while working 6 years in a Food Manufacturing environment under the umbrella of a large Corporation.  She had two wonderful mentors that molded me into what she is today.  After six years she decided to leave and move onto something different and away from food manufacturing.  She found Blackstone Audio, just up the street.  She has a hunch that she's supposed to stay in Ashland. She loves HR!  She loves serving people, helping them find jobs, find outside resources for their personal needs and sometimes find themselves.

This is Julie's first year on the board.