Principal & Co-Founder
James is co-founder of 3Point. He has worked with government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and for-profit companies in the Northeast United States and in Hawai‘i on a variety of social issues ranging from poverty and economic development to education and affordable housing. He has served as manager of Business Development and New Product Specialist with the Hawai‘i Community Loan Fund—a nonprofit, community development financial institution providing technical assistance and access to capital for low-income entrepreneurs and communities. He has also served as Special Projects Manager for Boston Community Capital, where he helped expand access to venture capital for inner-city small business. He worked with the Coalition of Essential School and the Annenberg Institute for School Reform in Providence, Rhode Island to promote school-driven models of educational improvement. He has also contributed to several reports and studies, including reports for the Hawai‘i State Auditor that examined charter schools, services for special needs students and School/Community-Based Management.
James graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Brown University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Education and Public Policy and earned a Master of Public Policy focusing on economic development, finance, and nonprofit management from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
