Julie Spencer is a Montana native, born and raised in the Flathead Valley. She attended Montana State University and majored in Chemical Engineering but did not complete her degree after getting married and starting a family. After Julie’s children were in school, she returned to school at Flathead Valley Community College where she received an Associate of Science, an Associate of Arts, and an Applied Associate of Science in Business Management with Accounting Emphasis. Julie has worked in the water & wastewater industry since the late 1990s and has been employed at Bigfork Water and Sewer District (BFWS) since 1998. In July 2003, Julie was promoted to General Manager of BFWS and became manager of Woods Bay Water and Sewer District in July 2020. Julie was appointed and elected to the Montana Rural Water Systems Board in 2016 where she served as Treasurer from 2016 to 2023 at which time she was elected as Vice President.