Metropolitan Indianapolis Board of Realtors activities include Vice President in 1982 and a three-year term as director from 1986 until 1989.MIBOR committee involvement includes Chairman of the Broker Appraiser Committee, as a member of the Ethics Committee; Chairman of The Realtor of the year Committee; Standards of Practice Committee; Finance Committee; Director of the MIBOR Foundation and othersNational Association of Realtors involvement includes Co-Chairman of the Real Estate Business Magazine and service on the National Convention CommitteeFeatured as a speaker at many different events including the National Association of Realtors Annual Convention, The Indiana Association of Realtors Annual Convention, and has been the speaker for many corporate and public functions in the Real Estate areaPast Chairman for the Indiana Real Estate Commission and currently a Real Estate Commissioner for the State of Indiana having served for 21 yearsDirector, Indiana Low Income House Trust FundDirector of the National Association of REALTORS and Vice Chairman of The Realty Alliance (50 largest independently owned real estate companies in the United States of America)Recipient of the 1997 Sagamore of the Wabash award from the Governor of IndianaActive in the Stanley K. Lacy Executive Leadership Series, The Lawrence Township Foundation, The Arthritis Foundation, and the Advisory Task Force for Ivy TechCommissioned as a lieutenant in The United States Army after receiving his B.S. from Ohio University, Jim served a tour of duty in Vietnam and earned the Army Accommodation Medal with two oak leaf clusters and a bronze star.Jim moved to Indiana while working with Hunt-Wesson Food Company, and joined the F.C. Tucker Company in 1972, serving as a sales associate, manager, and now Owner/President of the Residential Real Estate Division.