As Senior Vice President, Forest Sustainability for Resource Management Service, LLC, Jimmy oversees sustainable forestry policy and programs; advocacy on forestry issues; and environmental, wildlife, and recreation policy and programs for RMS-managed timberlands in the United States. He also has responsibility for forest certification and audit programs for RMS-managed timberlands in the US and globally in Brazil, China, Australia, and New Zealand.
Jimmy earned his B.S. degree in Forestry from Mississippi State University in 1980 and his M.S. degree in Wildlife Ecology from Mississippi State in 1982. A Certified Wildlife Biologist, Mississippi Registered Forester and Society of American Foresters Certified Forester, Jimmy is on the Board of Directors for the National Conservation Leadership Institute, the Catch-A-Dream Foundation, the Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy, the North American Forest Partnership, the Mississippi Wildlife Federation, and is the longest tenured past Chair of the Board of Directors of the Quality Deer Management Association. He is a Professional Member of the Boone and Crockett Club.
Jimmy is current Chair of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative’s Resources Committee, and has chaired the National Alliance of Forest Owners Operating Committee and the American Forest and Paper Association’s (AF&PA) Wildlife Committee. In 1994, he was presented the prestigious AF&PA Forest Stewardship Award for his leadership role in conservation of the Louisiana Black Bear.
Jimmy and his wife Jan have two sons, Brian and David, and two grandsons, John David and Will. Jimmy and Jan make their home in Bogue Chitto, Mississippi.
