Collaborating with regional directors and teams, Jim fosters relationships with the organizations and churches where ALM works, creating the conditions for partnerships to flourish. Jim works to ensure that ALM implements programs in ways that honor God and uphold people’s dignity. Enabling others’ success inspires and delights him.

Jim’s expertise includes integral mission, community health development, capacity cultivation, NGOs, member care, and inter-organizational collaboration. He earned his B.A. from Houghton College and a M.A. in Latin American studies/international development from the University of Connecticut. He did post-graduate work at the Centre for Development Studies at Swansea University, Wales. Jim has lived in six different countries on three continents and has hands-on program experience in more than 50 countries across Central and South America, sub-Saharan Africa, and South Asia.

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