About Julie
President and CEO
  | Julie A. Fream
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Julie A. Fream is the president and CEO of the Original Equipment Suppliers Association (OESA). The association represents the voice of automotive suppliers and champions their business interests. Named to the role in 2013, Julie has four decades in automotive, including roles for both OE manufacturers and suppliers in manufacturing, engineering, program management, sales, marketing, and communications. She is a member of the Ford Supplier Council, the GM Supplier Council and the Nissan North America Supplier Advisory Board representing the interests of the automotive supplier community.
In 2016 and 2021, Fream was recognized by Crain’s Detroit Business as one of “Michigan’s Most Influential Women.” In 2015 and 2020, she was listed as one of the “100 Leading Women in the Automotive Industry” by the Automotive News. Fream is the chair of the Board of Directors at Corewell Health and is on the Board of Directors of the Automotive Hall of Fame.
Fream holds a bachelor of science in chemical engineering from Michigan Technological University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.