Jim's professional career includes over thirty-five years in public accounting, commercial and investment banking, and investment portfolio consulting, including six years as chief executive officer of a major Houston bank and fifteen years as managing principal of Windham Capital Advisory Services and its predecessor firm.He has had board-level involvement in the banking, investment management, life insurance, venture capital, and title insurance industries, as well as leadership positions in local, regional, and statewide organizations, including service as chairman of the Texas Association of Business; founding director of the Texas Public Policy Foundation; founding director and chairman of the Texas Lyceum Association; member of the Board of Regents, Stephen F. Austin State University; member of the Executive Committee of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo; and member of the State Board for Educator Certification. He founded and served for twelve years as chairman of Texas Aspires Foundation, a statewide non-profit organization of business and education leaders advocating public education reform.A native of Livingston, Texas, he is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin. He and his wife, Lela, live in Houston and have two daughters and four grandchildren.