Professional experience and career objectives: Founded network of orphanages and family/foster care programs in Indonesia (2001), Haiti (2002), Sri Lanka and Tanzania (2007), associated with the United Nations (DPI). Coordinated foundation grants, volunteers. Raised $1.5 million over eight years. Missions: “Raising Global Citizens” & “Ending Orphanages Globally.”
Skills and areas of expertise: • Strong ability to deal effectively with diverse section of public • Strong written and verbal communications skills • Strong ability to self-start and multi-task • Strong research and analytical abilities • Strong ability to break complex challenges into smaller modules
Current Employment
Founder & C.E.O.
Orphans International Worldwide
(Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)) - United States
• Coordinated 100+ Staff, Board, Advisers, Interns & Volunteers in U.S. • Supervised 50+ Staff, Board, Advisors, Interns & Volunteers in Asia, Africa & the Americas • Managed Financial Development (Raised over $1.5 million) • Crafted Organization’s Public Image Managed Corporation
Former Employment
Assistant to Senior Managing Director
Rhône Capital LLC
(Finance) - United States
august 2000 - february 2005 (4 years 6 months)
Served as right hand man to Senior Managing Director of this Lazard Frères spin-off. Handled all arrangements with counterpart in Paris.
Supervisor & Sr. Presentation Coordinator
Merrill Lynch
(Finance) - United States
february 1998 - august 2000 (2 years 6 months)
Served as supervisor and coordinator of client presentations in Desktop Publishing for Global Communications. Liaison between investment bankers and DTP supervisors. Focused on strategic planning, workload forecasting and conflict resolution.
Education
Waseda Daigaku Japan
, september 1980 - june 1981
International Division (Kokusaibu), Japanese Contemporary Fiction
• Centro de Estudiar Colombino-Americano Colombia
, september 1979 - december 1979
Spanish Language & Literature, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The College of Wooster United States (Ohio)
, september 1978 - june 1982
East Asian Studies, Japanese Literature & Art
About me
Interests:
Jim Luce began his career as an Assistant Eurobond Portfolio Manager with Daiwa Bank on Wall Street upon his return from studying and working in Tokyo in 1983 at the age of 23. His reporting to Daiwa’s head office in Osaka was in Japanese.
Other:
He left Wall Street following an appearance on the Donahue Show discussing religious addiction and the need for an “anonymous” organization to help those recovering from religious addiction, including followers of the TV evangelists such as Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, and Jimmy Swaggart. Luce co-founded Fundamentalists Anonymous, and with the help of the Henry Luce Foundation, raised $1.1 million from 1985-89 helping build support groups across the U.S. for recovering fundamentalists.
Languages:
English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Indonesian
Groups and associations:
Luce returned to Wall Street working with Merrill Lynch in the World Financial Center, leaving just before 9/11.
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