Julie Myers Wood

Julie Myers Wood is Chief Executive Officer at Guidepost Solutions, an investigations, compliance, and security firm with offices throughout the United States, as well as Colombia, England, and Singapore. Before joining Guidepost Solutions, Ms. Wood started a consulting and software firm, ICS Consulting, which was acquired by Guidepost Solutions in 2012.

Prior to joining the private sector, Ms. Wood held several high-level positions with the U.S. government, including at the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, Treasury, and Commerce, as well as at the White House. In one of her most significant government roles, Ms. Wood served as head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). She also served as the Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement at the U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security, where she oversaw all Export Enforcement Special Agents and supervised investigations relating to the Export Administration Regulations. Ms. Wood had responsibilities relating to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) while at the Departments of Treasury and Justice. She also served as Chief of Staff for the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of New York, and an Associate Independent Counsel for the Office of the Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr. Before joining the government, Ms. Wood served as an associate at Mayer, Brown and Platt. She also clerked for the Honorable C. Arlen Beam on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.