Jim retired in January 2011 after a forty-one-year engineering career in industry, government and private practice. In May 2012 Jim was inducted into the Ohio University Russ College Academy of Distinguished Graduates. He is Managing Partner of Jasmine Avenue Holdings, LLC, the company that produced Searching for Augusta. Jim has served on the Ohio University Foundation Board of Trustees, the Russ College of Engineering Board of Visitors, and the Ohio University Inn Board of Directors. He was a founding director of the Worthington Christian Schools Endowment Fund and a founding member of Finish Line Ministries, International. Jim brings business management experience to the Foundation.