Julia Saltsgaver serves as Quality Connection’s Executive Director. Quality Connection is a labor management partnership that represents more than 80 union electrical contractors and more than 3,000 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) #481 electrical workers. Together labor and management provide the needed expertise, highly trained workforce, safety and dedication to help build many of Central Indiana’s premiere education, health care, utility sites and logistics projects. The unique business relationship spans more than 50 years and represents a strong tradition of quality electrical construction, progressive labor negotiations and community service.

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Quality Connection Executive Director, labor-management partnership between IBEW #481 and NECA to ensure progressive labor and management with 80 contractors and 2,500 workers.
• Lead organization’s strategic planning, budget and implementation
• Provide leadership on key civic policy initiatives with civic, business, education and industry leaders
• Enhance industry compliance programs to exceed regulatory requirements

Boards and Professional Commitments
• Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee
• Aspire Johnson County
• Carmel Mayor’s Art Advisory Commission
• Hoosiers Work for Health
• Indiana Economic Development Foundation
• Indiana Plan
• Indiana Society of Chicago
• Indiana Construction Roundtable
• Indiana Subcontractors Association
• Indianapolis Public Relations Society
• Top Notch of Indiana

Julia brings extensive economic development, public policy, strategic leadership, marketing, media relations, community relations and resource development expertise. Previous experience includes The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, GTE and Indiana Bell. She earned her degree from Indiana University, Bachelor of Science Marketing and Business Administration and completed GTE’s exclusive national leadership program focused on business management and marketing.