Prior to becoming EMA’s director of business development, Jim was the dean of admission at McCallie School in Chattanooga (TN), where he also served in a variety of roles on the school’s admission, development, and residential life teams. He transitioned to the independent school world in 2010 after spending the first year of his career as an investment banking analyst in Atlanta (GA).

Outside of work, Jim serves on the board of the Cherokee Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America, as a selection committee member for the Caroline D. Bradley Scholarship, and as an alumni interviewer and ambassador for the University of Pennsylvania (PA), where he earned a Bachelor of Science in business and a Master of Science in education entrepreneurship.