Jim has worked in the employee benefits field since graduating college in the early 1980s. Currently, Jim is a Vice President at VSP where he is responsible for commercial sales and client service teams for three geographic regions covering half of the U.S. VSP, a taxable not-for-profit, is the largest vision benefits and services company in the U.S. With annual revenue of more than $4.0 billion, VSP vision insurance programs cover more than 60 million people and 35,000 clients including more than 50 percent of Fortune 500 Companies. Prior to joining VSP in June 2011, Jim was a Partner at the consulting firm Mercer, where for 15 years, he held a variety of health and welfare consulting and leadership roles. Earlier in his career, Jim spent 14 years with insurer Aetna in sales and business management roles, including Senior Vice President, National Account Sales and Director, Health Services. Jim is a graduate of Washington and Lee University with a BA in public policy.