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While his father worked as a postal worker and his mother as a social woker, Jim's entire family ran the farm. With limited resources and basic skills, Jim was committed to helping his father successfully manage Coleman Crest. He worked the farm year round and had full-time responsibility during summers for raising cows, pigs, chickens and tending the crops.
Growing up, Jim was a powerful force in the Uttingertown Baptist Church, his neighborhood place of worship. As the church pianist, he led his church family to excellence despite incredible odds.
During his junior year at Howard University, Jim was elected President of the Liberal Arts Student Council. The following year, he was inducted into the Who's Who of Students in America. Jim graduated in 1983 with a B.A. in Economics.
While a student at Howard University, Jim met his wife Cathy. Cathy studied Chemical Engineering at Howard where she graduated in 1984. Two weeks after Cathy graduated, she and Jim were married.
Jim has held several executive level sales and marketing positions with Fortune 500 companies including: Oscar Mayer & Co., Pepsi Cola Company, Philip Morris USA, and American Express.
His diverse business background spans a broad spectrum of industries including consumer products, financial services, interactive technology and security.
Jim has managed and developed hundreds of sales and marketing professionals and has successfully managed business enterprises that have ranged from $100 million up to $2 billion in annual revenues.
Today, Jim is a senior executive with T&M Protection Services, a New York City based premier security services firm that offers large global organizations a diverse portfolio of specialized protective security services. Cathy is a Sales Consultant for Oracle and has an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan and an M.S. from the Polytechnic University of New York.
He is a member of Grace Baptist Church in Mount Vernon where he leads several community initiatives.
Jim and Cathy live in Scarsdale. They enjoy golfing, traveling and visiting their family farm in Lexington, Kentucky.
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