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Jim directs the Professional Pathways Programs and the Careers in the Common Good program, which helps students connect with alumni and employers at nonprofits and in public service sectors and alumni making a positive social impact in for-profit organizations. Career fields supported include, but are not limited to, Community Development; Fundraising and Foundations; Federal, State, and Local Government; International Development and Human Rights; K-12 Education, Labor and Grassroots Organizing, Public Policy and Advocacy; Climate and the Environment; and Nonprofit and Impact Consulting.

The CCG program also collaborates with the Career Center’s Student Exploration team to run the CCG Winternships Program in CCG in NYC Summer Internship program. In 2025 the CCG program collaborated with the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society and the Climate Solutions Lab at the Watson Institute for INternational and Public Affairs to host Brown’s first-ever Climater Careers Exploration Fair, which featured 35 alumni and employers and drew more than 300 students.

In addition to his responsibilities at the Brown Center for Career Exploration, Jim serves as an academic advisor, is a member of Brown's Truman Scholarship Committee, and has participated in several programs and projects to help students make sense of their time at Brown. Along with other Brown Center for Career Exploration staff, Jim attended the Designing Your Life Studio at Stanford University in June 2018 and runs programs and workshops at Brown using the curriculum and materials from the popular Stanford course.

From 1991 to 1996, Jim organized students at college campuses in Colorado, Massachusetts and Connecticut and ran door-to-door canvass operations in seven states for CALPIRG, CoPIRG, MASSPIRG, Sierra Club, Green Corps and Clean Up Congress. From 1996 to 2002 Jim worked as a writer and graphic designer and from 2008 to 2009 as the Senior Editor for Public Interest GRFX, the in-house communications team for the Public Interest Network. From 2002 to 2008, he oversaw the direct mail projects for 50 state PIRGS and Environment America’s federation of state environment groups. He has previously served on the boards of Environment Rhode Island and the Environment Council of Rhode Island.