Employee Spotlight
Meet Julie Wendt
Employee Spotlight August 2025
Julie, Neiman’s Family Market’s Executive Assistant, works hard to make sure the store and corporate staff get what they need and will go the extra mile time to help solve problems or make work easier and somehow makes it look effortless. Having worked with us for almost 3 years, one of her favorite things is how Neiman’s serves the community. Her advice to new hires; “you can only hope to make things better if you truly understand not only your role, but how the store works as a whole. Learn as much as you can. Think outside the box. Always be moving forward.”
Growing up in Richmond, Michigan with her mom, dad, older Cindy and older brother Jim, Julie created many memories. A favorite memory is meeting her cousin to play Barbie’s in the cow field, then having to scrape her back crawling under the barbed wire to escape the bulls! Back then her favorite cereal was Lucky Charms, Julie would sit at the kitchen counter having Lucky Charms, toast with Cheese Whiz and a glass of grape juice…every day for 10 years! Today Julie has Honeycombs for breakfast and lives with her husband Hunter in St. Clair. They have raised two children, Ian who lives in Adrian as a sports broadcaster and Kayla who is married to Dan and lives in Chesterfield and works as Manager of Programs and Exhibits for the Lorenzo Cultural Center.
The Pursuit of Happyness, is the movie title Julie would pick for the story of her life and her favorite movie line “The code is more what you’d call guidelines than actual rules” is from the Pirates of the Caribbean and her favorite movie is the classic, Pride and Prejudice. The first concert Julie attended was Prince and The Revolution. Music makes Julie smile, her favorites range from classic rock to musical scores. Music and her kids as two things Julie cannot live without!
When Julie travels she enjoys St. George Island for peace and to gather shells and watch dolphins, for humility she is in awe of Yellowstone National Park. For a dream vacation Julie would go anywhere she could collect shells on the beach, look for dolphins and hear waves. Outside of work Julie enjoys antiquing, flea markets, decorating, gardening, scrapbooking and piano, you might be surprised to know that she taught piano at the Montessori school and has a hidden talent for tap dancing.
A few more things about Julie, her greatest fear is being surrounded by snakes in a claustrophobic environment (maybe we should call her Indiana Jones), her favorite sport is football and she is a “secret” fan of professional bull riding.
If Julie were to switch lives with a cartoon character it would be Bugs Bunny because “he is clever and always one step ahead”. We think her description of Bugs Bunny is a great description of Julie, who is so good at taking care of details that she is always a step ahead and finds clever ways to solve any issues that come up, keeping things running smooth for the company. Thank you Julie, Neiman’s Family Market appreciates you and all you do!