As Executive Director, Jim plays an instrumental role in Helbling’s strategic vision, and enhancing our executive search capabilities and internal operations. He performs client development, manages a team of consultants, and recruits on assignments.

Jim represents organizations within all of Helbling's core sectors, partnering extensively with healthcare and higher education institutions as well as corporations, public agencies, and non-profit organizations in securing professionals involved in all facets of facilities including energy, real estate, utilities, sustainability, property management, and capital programs. Additionally, he conducts and manages mid- to senior-level searches for general, heavy civil, and specialty construction firms, as well as real estate developers.

Prior to joining Helbling in 1998, Jim was a Group Leader with an international consulting firm providing executive assessment and development to the manufacturing industry. He is a summa cum laude graduate of Duquesne University, and holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology. In 2018, he earned a certificate in Advanced Executive Search and Leadership Consulting from Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations. In his free time, Jim enjoys guitar, weightlifting, ice hockey, and carpentry.​

Geographical Focus:

Northeast (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, upstate New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont), Illinois, and Southern Texas

Recently Completed Searches:

• Assistant Vice President, Planning, Design & Construction for Brown University
• Director of Transportation Planning & Data for Lehigh Valley Planning Commission
• Senior Project Manager for Colby College
• Facility Operations Manager for an  Ivy-League university
• Program Manager, Construction for University of Massachusetts, Lowell
• Chief Facilities Officer for Oberlin College
• Project Manager, Facilities & Campus Operations for a New Jersey higher education institution
• Associate Director of Campus Environment for University of Chicago

Active Searches:

• Associate Vice President, Research & Administration Facilities for The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
• Project Manager, Facilities & Campus Operations for a private New Jersey university
• Director of Building Services for Princeton University
• Vice President, Chief Facilities Officer for Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
• University Engineer and AVP for Facilities Management and Campus Services for a Western Pennsylvania higher education institution
• Vice President of Operations for a construction firm
• Vice President, Facilities for Northwestern University
• Director of Facilities for Westridge School for Girls
• University Architect for University of Washington
• Vice President of Finance & Accounting for a general contractor
• Director of Facilities Operations for Colgate University
• Vice President of Real Estate Planning & Development for Brigham and Women's Hospital