Jim is the former CEO of Phoenix-based Kitchell, an employee-owned building company, encompassing commercial contracting, development, construction management, facilities management and HVAC wholesale supplies in the western United States. With more than 1,000 employees, the innovative and diversified company is consistently ranked nationally and regionally in several commercial building sectors.
Jim currently serves on the Arizona State Board for Charter Schools and served as co-chair with Arizona Governor Doug Ducey on the Classrooms First Initiative Council. He is on the boards of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC), Teach for America Phoenix Chapter, Greater Phoenix Leadership (GPL), Arizona Venture Development Corporation and Rodel Foundation; executive committee member, American Contractors Insurance Group, board member at large of the Helios Education Foundation; an active member of Young Presidents Organization (YPO) and a member of the Valley of the Sun United Way Tocqueville Society.
He received his finance degree from the University of Michigan, his CPA in Minnesota and currently resides in Scottsdale with his wife Traci, and has three adult children.
