Julie B. Kampf
Founder, CEO and Chief Possibilities Officer
JBK Associates International
Julie B. Kampf helps Fortune 500 companies and other organizations build high-performance teams that increase business success. As founder and CEO of the award-winning executive talent solutions firm JBK Associates International, she has worked with industry-leading companies and thousands of senior executives to provide a full range of services related to acquiring, retaining, and developing top talent.
JBK was recently named one of the top 500 Women Owned Businesses in the United States by Diversity Business.com. The firm also placed in the Top 100 Diversity Owned Businesses in New Jersey and was ranked as one of the top 50 Women Owned Businesses in New Jersey.
Ms. Kampf is the author of From My Bad to My Best: How Individuals and Companies Can Differentiate Themselves in the Age of Mediocrity, a book based on her experiences observing the impact of civility in corporate success or failure.
JBK was launched in 2003 as a firm that defies industry norms by treating clients, candidates, and employees with deep respect. Based on this approach, the company’s success rates are substantially above the average for the industry. Ms. Kampf has established the company as one that competes with the biggest in its field. JBK Associates International has been ranked among the nation’s top 10 innovators in diversity by Profiles in Diversity Journal, as one of Working Mother magazine’s top 25 Best Women-Owned Companies, and as one of the Inc. 500|5000 fastest-growing private companies in America for three consecutive years.
Kampf also channels her passion for helping others succeed into her work as a career coach and industry mentor, as well as through her deep commitment to community service and philanthropy, which is one of the firm’s founding principles.