Volunteer as President of the Board of Trustees for www.feedinghandspantry.org.Our Vision is to transform lives by living out God’s command to feed the hungry and love our neighbors.Our Mission is to develop a groundswell of empathetic individuals, churches and businesses engaged in addressing poverty and helping those caught in its clutchesCore Values are Empathy, Connection, and Stewardship

Business entrepreneur in the field of leadership and executive coaching, leadership consulting, implementing key business initiatives. Bennett Associates specializes in leading and coaching client business leaders and their teams to achieve their initiatives through effective implementation that is on-time, within budget, meeting or exceeding expectations.

Jim Bennett is a seasoned senior consultant and Founder of Bennett Associates, a leadership and management consulting firm.Throughout his career, Jim has demonstrated an extraordinary ability to develop leaders and achieve results within cross-functional and cross-company teams on business initiatives that require high degrees of leadership and strategic thinking. Jim's style, expertise, and techniques are uniquely suited for these large, mission-critical initiatives. In his corporate and consulting roles, he has utilized his own leadership experience to improve the results of dozens of companies in areas such as manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, transportation, banking, R&D, new products, and strategy development.

As anapartness equity partner, I led the warehousing and transportation activities for a $140 million regional wholesaler in the office supply and furniture market and was an active member of the Executive Committee. Provided next day delivery of our 23,000 sku’s to independent stationary stores and their end customers, covering 16 states from two distribution centers – North Bergen, NJ; Grand Rapids, MI.

Provided strategic planning, project implementation, and executive coaching for client companies.

Provided training and strategic planning and project management for client companies.

Designed and implemented a strategic plan for a new logistics discipline. Provided leadership for operations of warehousing, transportation, fleet management, and industrial engineering and information systems for the supply chain.

Active Duty: U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, San Francisco, CaliforniaWarm Springs Dam / Federal Emergency Management Agency Walnut Creek Flood Control Project, Project OfficerHandled a series of rotating assignments as one of no more than two uniformed military personnel on a job site.Reserve Officer 1983 through 1997

Led 14 distribution centers and nine factory warehouse operations, national transportation, export control and product deployment for the company. I had responsibility for 287 salaried and hourly employees, both union and non-union.

Led 14 distribution centers and nine factory warehouse operations, national transportation, export control and product deployment for the company. I had responsibility for 287 salaried and hourly employees, both union and non-union.

PERSONAL PRODUCTS COMPANY (PPC), Milltown, NJManager of Major Products 1990-1992Developed the project, architected a strawman, assembled a cross-functional core team and an extended team for a consolidated corporate fulfillment center.Facilitated PPC’s team dealing directly with Wal-Mart. National Planning Manager 1990-1992Led the department which planned and scheduled all manufacturing nationwide for PPC. Provided planning resources and directed the manufacturing organization toward hitting their desired production and inventory levels each year.Manufacturing Unit Manager 1985-1990Recapitalized the national manufacturing assets (making and packaging equipment) from an operation that produced feminine hygiene products, flat and in a box, to tri-folded, wrapped, and in a bag.