About Virginia Tire & Auto

Julie Holmes

Julie is committed to carrying on the legacy that her father and mother created more than 50 years ago when they founded the company. Julie grew up in Fairfax, graduating from W.T. Woodson High School, Washington & Lee University and then from Villanova University School of Law. Julie clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and practiced law in Washington, D.C. before officially joining Virginia Tire & Auto.

As Co-CEO, Julie focuses on employee and program development, marketing and communications, and corporate governance. In addition, she serves on the boards of the Virginia Automotive Association and The Foundation for Applied Technical Education, Inc. (FATE); and she serves on the advisory board for Think Big for Kids.

Believing strongly in equal opportunities for women and recognizing the low numbers of women in the auto industry, Julie is a vocal champion of bringing women into the auto repair industry. With five children (four of them girls), she wants to make sure everyone has equal opportunity.  In 2024, Julie was awarded the Women in Autocare Shop Owner of the Year Award, further demonstrating her commitment to ensuring women have a place in automotive repair.

Hear directly from Julie about welcoming women into the automotive repair industry through articles:
https://vatire.com/culture/creating-a-welcoming-workplace/
https://vatire.com/culture/6-lessons-learned-from-being-female-ceo-in-a-male-dominated-industry/

Myron & Carole

The story of Virginia Tire & Auto started when Julie’s parents, Myron and Carole, met and married in 1966. After working in marketing at Texaco for 10 years, Myron dreamed of opening his own business. After backing out of several opportunities, Carole finally pushed him over the threshold when the chance came to own Main Street Shell. She said, “Myron, it sounds like you’ll be very successful. If you don’t do it, do me a favor—quit talking about it!”

From the beginning, Myron set his service station apart by keeping it clean, operating with integrity and treating customers with kindness. Carole eventually left her job at World Bank to partner with Myron; Myron ran the day-to-day operations at the station and Carole ran the behind-the-scenes at the office (she even worked from the hospital when Julie was born!).

Through their hard work and commitment to quality service, they added multiple full-service gas stations and tire and auto repair centers, laying the groundwork for what is now Virginia Tire & Auto, Northern Virginia’s premier one-stop shop for car care.