Jim Gibbons (US executive)

Jim Gibbons has been the CEO and president of Goodwill Industries since 2008–present.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Gibbons earned his bachelor of science degree in industrial engineering from Purdue University, and attended the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration (where he was the first blind person to receive a MBA).

Before coming to Goodwill in April 2008, he was CEO for 10 years of the National Industries for the Blind

He lives in Fairfax Station, Virginia.

Honors

On 14 December 2010, he was named to the newly established White House Council for Community Solutions.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Jim Gibbons Bio | Innovations 2013". Retrieved March 2012.
  2. ↑ "Jim Gibbons - Goodwill Industries International" (PDF). [PDF]. Lauren Lawson. Retrieved 2011.
  3. ↑ "Jim Gibbons | Linked In". Retrieved April 2008.
  4. ↑ "5 Intriguing Association Leaders: Jim Gibbons - Associations Now". Summer Faust. Retrieved October 2010.
  5. ↑ "CEO's Corner: How Goodwill Forges On Amid the Jobless Recovery". Latif Lewis Williams. Retrieved Dec 14, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Leadership Foundations - Who we are". Retrieved 2012.


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