A proven financial leader, Jim has worked in the financial services industry for over 30 years, beginning his career in banking. He then added real estate development and youth education to his expertise including becoming the leader of VestedIn, a community financial institution that as a CDFI developed the ParkWest Town Center, a 30 acre, 341,000 square foot, retail center in West Philadelphia for $55,000,000. He then went on to create the only non-profit mortgage brokerage company and the first youth Individual Development Account program in the state of Pennsylvania.