After graduating from Duke University and Duke Law School in 1980, Jim returned to St. Petersburg, where he joined the family business, becoming its President in 1989.
In addition to his tenure as President of Carteret, for over 25 years Jim was a principal of RGR, Inc., a housing consultant firm that worked with nonprofit organizations to develop and construct more than 60 affordable housing communities for low-income households financed through HUD. From 1996 to 2008 he was actively involved with a business partner in the design, development and management of multi-family and single-family residential communities in large urban markets.
