“I create a just and peaceful world by listening, teaching, facilitating, and not giving up.”  

Jim worked for 25 years in public service helping to drive environmental policy changes in the US and Europe.  In 1999 he changed careers to mental health counseling and has worked with several thousand individuals and families to improve their lives. He is on a team that provides crisis grief and trauma counseling in his county, and is on the emergency response team in his local community.  He also lends funding to friends and family trying to set up small businesses, including providing free housing to a single mother of 8 in support of her building a career and independence.