Jim is a retired federal law enforcement agent.  Upon retiring, he ran a successful forensic accounting and investigations business.  He has been declared an expert witness in both federal and state court relative to investigative accounting.  More recently, he has devoted his life to his family and to his five grandchildren.  He has been active for many years as Treasurer of Courtney’s SandCastle Charitable Foundation, the Friends of San Clemente Beaches Parks and Recreation Foundation, and the San Clemente Lifeguard and Junior Lifeguard Foundation.  He has also been involved in the annual San Clemente Ocean Festival. Jim is a graduate of the San Clemente Leadership class and the Orange County Sheriff’s’ Citizens Academy.  He received the 2013 Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award from the Chamber of Commerce and the San Clemente Spirit Award by Senator Mark Wyland.  In 2015, he was named to the San Clemente Wall of Recognition.  The San Clemente Pier first came into Jim’s life when he visited and fished with his uncle when Jim was a young boy.