Jim joins the Highlands Council staff as a water resource engineer with a broad work background, having previously worked as a project manager at engineering and environmental consulting firms with responsibility for brownfields site remediation, stormwater management and wastewater system upgrades.  Most recently, Jim was employed by New Jersey’s Conservation Assistance Partnership program, where he was assigned to the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service.  There he provided engineering support for conservation on farms throughout North Jersey, including many in the Highlands.

A licensed professional engineer and planner, he earned a master’s degree in Water Resource Engineering from Villanova University, and a bachelor’s degree in Physics from Rutgers University.