Board Member
James (Jim) is the Chief Financial Officer for Metropolitan Family Services (MFS), a human services non-profit in Chicago with over a $200M budget and a wide range of programming including violence intervention, behavioral health, early childhood education, workforce development, and legal aid.
Before MFS, James was CFO of Haymarket Center and prior to that assignment, he was the Chief Accounting Officer of Heartland Alliance. He started at Heartland Alliance as the Controller for Heartland Human Care Services.
James is a Certified Public Accountant with extensive public accounting experience and received his MBA from Loyola University. He has served on the Boards of Erie Elementary Charter School, Career Transitions Center of Chicago, The Back Office Cooperative, Chicago Area Peace Corps Association, and the National Peace Corps Association. James served as a Peace Corps Volunteer for over two years in Azerbaijan where he primarily focused on micro-finance and consulting to farmer groups and women-owned businesses.