WMC Leadership - Advisory Committee

Julie Lucas

As the Executive Director of MiningMinnesota, Julie Lucas advocates for responsible mining of mineral resources that will help "keep the lights on" as our nation transitions to a future powered in greater part by renewables.

She earned her mining experience serving as the Director of Water Resources for Twin Metals Minnesota, a proposed copper-nickel mine near Ely, Minnesota and as the Environmental Manager of Hibbing Taconite Company, a Cleveland-Cliffs iron ore mine in Hibbing, Minnesota.

She attended the University of Minnesota-Duluth and has a B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and an M.S. in Water Resources Science.