Julie Miller

Julie Miller, PhD, is director of financial resilience thought leadership, where she seeks to propel new conversations and cultivate partnerships that will challenge the status quo of

longevity and empower people to have the financial and economic stability to live longer, healthier lives. A practiced public speaker and facilitator, she regularly presents to a wide

spectrum of audiences across diverse industries. Prior to joining AARP, Julie spent a decade as a social science researcher at the MIT AgeLab, where she led translational social science

research across key topical areas of longevity planning, caregiving and wellbeing, housing and home logistics, and transportation and livable communities. As a Rappaport Public Policy Fellow

through Harvard University’s Rappaport Institute, Julie supported the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs in its administration of the nation’s first statewide Governor’s

Council to Address Aging. Over the past fifteen years, she has served as a lecturer and program coordinator at Northeastern University, Boston University, and UC Berkeley, taught adaptive

yoga in a variety of settings, and produced two documentary films centering “Vibrant Aging.” Julie has served as a volunteer board member for several community and university initiatives

elevating disability advocacy and financial social work, respectively.   Julie’s work and comments have appeared in major news outlets such as _The New York Times, Barron’s, Rethinking65,

and CNBC_, as well as in peer-reviewed academic journals such as _The Journal of Financial Planning, Families in Society, The Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, The Journal of

Workplace and Behavioral Health_, and numerous edited books. Miller received her doctorate in social work at Boston College, her master’s in social work with a concentration in gerontology

from The University of California, Berkeley, and her bachelors of science from Northeastern University, where she studied human services and American Sign Language.