Jim has served as the Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids, Michigan since June 2011 and has worked for the National Weather Service since October 2001. Before landing in Grand Rapids, Jim’s past roles in the National Weather Service included working as the Warning Coordination Meteorologist in Jackson, Kentucky, a Lead Forecaster in Louisville, Kentucky and a General Forecaster in Billings, Montana.

Jim earned his Michigan Professional Emergency Manager designation in 2018 and currently serves as the State Emergency Management Coordinator for the National Weather Service in support of the State Emergency Operations Center in Michigan.

He earned a B.S. in Geography-Meteorology from Ohio University in 1999 and an M.A. in Geography in 2001. He served as Associate Director of Scalia Lab from 2000-2001.