Speaker

Jim Priest is a husband, dad, ordained minister, recovering trial lawyer, and former CEO of two large nonprofits  he retire from full time employment and is now engaged in full time volunteering.

Jim has regularly appeared on television and before groups speaking and writing about employment law, workplace issues, ethics, marriage and family issues. For over twenty years Jim was a weekly columnist for the Oklahoman writing a column called “Family Talk” that addressed issues relating to marriage, parenting and families. He has also served as a columnist for the Journal Record newspaper writing columns on business ethics. He is the author of five books, none of which made The NY Times best seller list.

Jim is the husband of one wife: Diane, the father of two children: Amanda and Spencer, and is owned by two dogs. He is also an elite level grandfather of his namesake grandson, James.