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Julie Sims

Candidate for City Council (At-Large), Brisbane · Small Business Owner

Julie Sims has served more than five years on Brisbane's Parks & Recreation Commission and helped found Brisbane SPARK, a nonprofit dedicated to enhancing the town's parks and public spaces. She also serves in leadership roles with YouthPoint Health, Fortitude Careers, the Brisbane Lions Club, and the Brisbane Chamber of Commerce, and has participated in San Mateo County's Leadership CORPS program. Professionally, she has worked as a journalist, legislative aide, and communications executive for a Fortune 500 company and a global nonprofit, and now owns and operates a small career and executive-coaching business.

Positions in brief

Sims emphasizes transparent leadership, fiscal responsibility, and thoughtful decision-making as Brisbane navigates rapid change while preserving open space and small-town character.

Sims says she wants to help Brisbane prepare for change while remaining a town where open spaces are protected and neighbors know one another, and commits to transparent leadership, fiscal responsibility, and thoughtful decision-making that reflects the community's values.

On the issues

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