Jim moved to Arizona from Omaha, Nebraska in 2018. He worked at Seton Catholic Preparatory School as the Director of Advancement for three and a half years before working at Catholic Education Arizona as a Director of Development.

He is very familiar with Catholic education both in K-12 formation as well as from an administrative standpoint. Jim attended a Catholic elementary school, graduated from Creighton Prep in Omaha, and earned his bachelor’s degree from St. John’s University in Minnesota. Jim also holds a master’s degree from the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

He married his college sweetheart, and they have two adult children who also attended Pre-K through 12 Catholic schools.