Before joining MJFF, Jim served as Managing Director, Global Sales (2017-2020) and General Counsel (2007-2017), for Marsh LLC, the world’s leading insurance broker and risk advisor. Prior to Marsh, Jim held various in-house legal positions at Kraft Foods (2004-2007) and Altria (1998-2004) in the US and abroad. He began private practice in New York at Davis Polk & Wardwell (1995-1998), after serving as a law clerk to the Chief Judge of the US District Court in Providence, Rhode Island.

Jim attended the University of Virginia (’91) and Harvard Law School (’94). He is currently a director for OptimalResume.com, Inc. He formerly served as a director of United Biscuits Group Investments, PLC, in the United Kingdom.

Jim was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in October 2000. He lives in New York City with his husband.