Jim Morris [49] is president of JBM Properties, Inc. ["JBM"], an investment firm that has been an active investor in commercial real estate acquisitions and development - primarily office buildings and ground leases. JBM has been active in private equity investing and representative early stage direct investments include: Ross Stores Dressfor Less, iVillage.com and vAudit [www.vaudit.com].

Jim has served for eight years as a trustee of the University of California, Berkeley Foundation; he has served the past fourteen years as an advisory board member at the Entrepreneurial Management Center at San Diego State University; he has served for the past four years as co-chair of the University of California, San Diego's Athletic Board and, most recently, was appointed as a trustee of the University of California, San Diego Foundation.

Jim is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley where he earned a BA degree in Political Economics and he earned his MBA in Finance at the University of Southern California.