Julie Gutman

Julie has devoted her career to public service, advocating for the rights of workers, immigrants and underserved communities. In late May 2010, she became executive director of the Los Angeles based Program for Torture Victims (PTV). Prior to joining PTV, Ms. Gutman served as vice-president of the Los Angeles Board of Public Works Commissioners and senior labor advisor to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. In that capacity, she mediated mutually beneficial labor-management agreements for a myriad of private sector workforces, particularly in industries with workers living on the margins. Ms. Gutman has spearheaded legal, legislative and administrative strategies to successfully strengthen and promote Los Angeles’ prevailing wage, living wage and apprenticeship compliance programs as the model for the state. She has also participated in developing groundbreaking construction careers policies and negotiating project labor agreements that provide a pathway to good middle-class jobs for people from all backgrounds. For ten years, Ms. Gutman was a trial attorney at the National Labor Relations Board in Los Angeles, where she vigorously advocated for worker and immigrant rights. Born and raised in Chicago, Ms. Gutman graduated Magna Cum Laude with bachelor’s degrees in history and law & society from Brown University. She received her J.D. from Stanford Law School.