As Executive Board Advisor, Jim brings over 40 years of experience in multi-family development, finance and property management. Since 1993, he has initiated or co-developed 16 apartment projects for new construction or re-positioning. From 1998 to 2005, Jim was a founding principal of the University Housing Group, the property management firm for eight student properties with over 4,700 beds. He is a former partner in Trammell Crow Residential (Charlotte), where he led 21 debt and equity transactions. Jim received an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.