Jim has been a consultant with the firm since 1976. He focuses on valuation models and portfolio risk analysis. He is a Professor at the College of Wil­liam and Mary Graduate Business School where he has taught since 1976, and was an Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business from 1974-1976. From 1987-1993 he has served as a member of the Investment Advisory Committee of the Virginia Retirement System. He received a BA in Mathematics in 1969 from the University of Virginia, where he was an Echols Scholar. He also received an MBA in 1971 and a DBA in 1975 from the University of Virginia.