What Happened?
Richmond, VA-based CarMax Promoted Julie Ortmeier as General Counsel
About the Company
Almost 25 years ago, CarMax revolutionized the auto industry by delivering the honest, transparent and high-integrity car buying experience customers want and deserve. This disruptive thinking has helped us become the nations largest retailer of used cars with more than 185 stores nationwide. And thanks to our amazing team of over 24,000 associates, we have been recognized as one of the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For® - 14 years in a row! Committed to hiring people with strong values of integrity, transparency and respect, we offer unmatched training and support for associate career growth, and have been recognized as one of Training Magazines Training Top 125 companies in America. We are also proud to be one of FORTUNEs 100 Best Workplaces for Millennials, 50 Best Workplaces for Diversity, and 20 Best Workplaces for Retail.
About the Person
Julie Ortmeier is the Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Carfax, Inc. and has responsibility for overseeing all of Carfax’s legal matters as well as the legal matters of London, Ontario‑based CarProof Corporation, an affiliated company since December 2015. Julie joined Carfax in July 2008 as Associate General Counsel and became Deputy General Counsel in January 2012 before assuming her current role in August 2013. Prior to joining Carfax, Julie was with the American Red Cross from 2001 to 2008 as Senior Counsel, also serving as Corporate Secretary for the Board of Governors Finance Committee and managing counsel to Pathogen Removal and Diagnostic Technologies Inc., a for profit biotechnology joint venture undertaken by the American Red Cross in partnership with a Montreal-based company. From 2000 to 2001, Julie was Associate General Counsel at Enermetrix.com, Inc., a company based in Boston, Massachusetts and one of the earliest entrants to the e‑commerce marketplace for the energy space. Julie began her legal career in September 1998 in the Richmond, Virginia office of McGuireWoods until leaving in 2000 to join McGuireWoods’ client Enermetrix.com, Inc. Julie holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science, Business and English from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln and worked as a budget analyst in the U.S. Department of Education, Office of the Under Secretary, and a budget examiner in the Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, before attending Vanderbilt University Law School from which she graduated in 1998. Julie is currently a member of the Vanderbilt Law School Board of Advisors and the Executive Leadership Committee for Lawyers Have Heart, benefitting the American Heart Association.
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