Julie G. Ruehl
Member of the Audit Committee
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Julie Garcia Ruehl has 25+ years of finance leadership experience, including as CFO and CAO at public and private equity backed companies and as an audit partner at Arthur Andersen. Her background includes specialty finance, consumer products, electronics manufacturing services, digital engineering services and ecommerce. She has held positions at Fly Leasing, Big Heart Pet Brands (formerly Del Monte Corp.) and Sanmina. Ms. Ruehl currently serves on the board of directors of Zevia PBC, a publicly traded high-growth beverage company offering zero-calorie naturally sweetened beverages. She is chairperson of the audit committee and a member of the compensation committee. Ms. Ruehl also currently serves on the board of Wizeline, Inc., a global technology services provider of high-quality digital products and platforms, where she also serves as the chair of the audit committee and as a member of the compensation committee. From March 2022 to November 2023, Ms. Ruehl served on the board of Wine.com, a leading online wine retailer in the United States, where she also served as the chair of the audit committee. From August 2017 until its acquisition by Carlyle Aviation Partners in August 2021, Ms. Ruehl served as the Chief Financial Officer of Fly Leasing Limited, a global commercial aircraft leasing company.
Ms. Ruehl earned her B.S. in Accounting from Louisiana State University.