Jim retired from Ernst & Young (EY) effective June 30th, 2019 extending three years beyond normal retirement at the request of the EY Executive Board. Throughout his forty-year career, Jim served some of the firm's largest global clients from offices in Chicago, Frankfurt Germany, New York, London and Atlanta fulfilling senior leadership roles within the firm. He developed deep insights into relationships and governance practices among boards, senior management and their auditors; extensive knowledge of SEC financial reporting rules and regulations; familiarity with corporate financial staff organization and development; and experience with reporting and integration of mergers and acquisitions. Jim's responsibilities were focused in the manufacturing, consumer products, technology and automotive sectors, and he also held significant recruiting, people development and training responsibilities.
Between May and December of 2020 Jim served as Senior Advisor in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of the Assistant Secretary and Chief Financial Officer where he lead the Audit Coordination Committee for Ginnie Mae, a government corporation within HUD. It is the only federal agency tasked with the administration and oversight of Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS) guaranteed by the Federal Government. The current balance of outstanding MBS is over $2.5 trillion.
Jim holds an M.B.A. degree in Accounting, Finance and International Business from The University of Chicago Booth Graduate School of Business and a B. S. degree in Accountancy from De Paul University and is both a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Management Accountant. He has also taught many EY training programs as well graduate accounting classes at De Paul University. He served for several years on the De Paul University, Richard H. Driehaus College of Business advisory council and since 2017 on the board of Trustees of the University as vice-chair of the audit committee and member of the finance committee.
Jim has served over the years on the boards of several non for profit organizations, including The National Board of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Americas where he serves on the audit committee; The Archbishop Iakovos Leadership 100 Endowment Fund where he serves as Vice Chair, The American College of Greece where he serves as Chairman Of the Board of Trustees; The Board of National Hellenic Museum; Holy Trinity Hellenic Orthodox Church and as Founder and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Hellenic American Academy, one of the largest Greek American schools in the United States as well as founding Chairman of the Foundation for Hellenic Education and Culture.
Jim is originally from Greece having immigrated to the United States with his parents at the age of thirteen. He is married to Marianna Analitis and together they have three married children and eight grandchildren. His hobbies include politics, world history and golf. He speaks the Greek language fluently and has a basic understanding of German.