A veteran of over 35 years in the Record Industry, Jim has held various executive positions at Columbia, PolyGram, BMG and Atlantic Records. In 1990, after eight years as the Head of Marketing Operations at Atlantic, he formed his own company, JCG Associates, which designed, produced, and implemented marketing and merchandising campaigns for the industry.

During the past 30 years he and his wife, JoAnn, have been active real estate investors throughout Nassau County and the East End. Jim has a B.A. in psychology From Rutgers University and did graduate work at NYU. He and JoAnn have maintained a home in Bridgehampton for the past twenty years and split their time between Bridgehampton and Delray Beach, Florida.