# Julia Spillman

> Julia Spillman is CEO and partner of the Eklund | Gomes Team at Douglas Elliman. A Kentucky native with a background in residential lending at HSBC and Merrill Lynch, she joined the team in 2016 and became its first CEO in 2017. Her work spans operations, recruitment, client databases and expansion across U.S. luxury property markets.

- **Role:** CEO and Partner of the Eklund | Gomes Team at Douglas Elliman
- **Organizations:** Eklund | Gomes Team, Douglas Elliman Real Estate, Merrill Lynch, HSBC, American Ballet Theatre
- **Education:** Western Kentucky University
- **Known for:** Became the Eklund | Gomes Team’s first CEO in 2017., Credited by Douglas Elliman with spearheading expansion, recruitment and marketing strategy., Helped organize client data and develop a custom CRM supporting new-development and resale work.

## Career timeline

- **Before joining Douglas Elliman** — Worked in residential lending, including positions with HSBC and Merrill Lynch; her professional biography describes six years in lending.
- **Early New York real estate career** — Worked with the Ariel Cohen Team at Douglas Elliman, including downtown Manhattan rentals and condo conversions.
- **2014** — Served as Junior Chair of American Ballet Theatre’s Spring Gala.
- **2016** — Joined Eklund | Gomes as sales director for the 98-unit 1 Seaport condominium project.
- **2017** — Named the Eklund | Gomes Team’s first CEO.
- **2019** — Profiled for organizing operations and helping plan expansion into Los Angeles and Miami.
- **2022** — Named partner, according to Douglas Elliman’s March 2025 anniversary account; the team renewed its Douglas Elliman arrangement in December.
- **2024** — Described the team as approximately 100 agents across five states and 13 offices at Inman Connect Miami.
- **2026** — Discussed CRM simplification, follow-up and team operations on David Siddons’s Better Decisions podcast.

## Achievements

- Became the Eklund | Gomes Team’s first CEO in 2017.
- Credited by Douglas Elliman with spearheading expansion, recruitment and marketing strategy.
- Helped organize client data and develop a custom CRM supporting new-development and resale work.
- Led operations for a team reporting $4.5 billion in 2021 sales, $4.6 billion in 2022 and $3.77 billion in 2023; these are team transaction volumes.
- Named partner in 2022, according to Douglas Elliman’s 2025 anniversary account.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Appeared on Better Decisions with David Siddons to discuss CRM adoption, simplifying systems, follow-up and the constellation model of team growth.
- **2025-12** — Featured on The Entrepreneur DNA in an episode about leadership and scaling the Eklund | Gomes operation.
- **2025-08** — Appeared on The Billion Dollar Banker Podcast to discuss her move from finance into real estate and leading a national team.
- **2025-03** — Douglas Elliman’s 20th-anniversary message for Eklund and Gomes credited Spillman’s expansion work and confirmed her CEO and partner appointment years.

## Links

- Website: https://www.elliman.com/agent/julia-spillman/1027817
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-spillman-50004823
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juliaspillman/

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Last updated: 2026-10-24