Jim worked for JCPenney for 31 years and for the McAllen Chamber of Commerce for 12 years.  He is happily married to Joyce for over 40 years.  He has served as chair of the South Texas United Way, founder of the McAllen Downtown Coalition and McAllen Downtown Improvement district after the peso devaluation of 1994. He has served as vice chair of the McAllen Chamber of Commerce  and as a volunteer with the Catholic Charities McAllen Respite Center for refugees.  Jim was invited to join Rotary in 1995.  He has served as the McAllen Rotary Club president, member of the District 5930 Foundation committee, district Youth Exchange chair, GSE team leader to India, and member of the executive committee of South Central Rotary Youth Exchange.    Jim was invited to membership in the Georgetown Rotary Club in 2016.  He is a member of the Racial Unity and Peacebuilding Committee.