Julie Groves is the Executive Director of Risk Services at Wake Forest University, where she has worked since 1999. Among her responsibilities are administration of the university’s insurance programs, coordination of campus-wide loss control efforts, oversight of the university’s ERM program, and she is a member of the university crisis response team. Ms. Groves previously served on URMIA's board of directors and was URMIA's 2022-2023 president. She was honored to receive URMIA's Distinguished Risk Manager award in 2025. She earned her ARM designation and is an ERM Fellow through North Carolina State University's ERM Initiative in the Poole College of Management. She also serves on the board of the North Carolina Self-Insurance Security Association, and the Forsyth County Risk Management Advisory Committee. She earned both her B.A. and M.A. from Wake Forest University.