Jim Maloney, MPP
 Jim
holds a Master of Public Policy (MPP) from the University
of California at Berkeley, and B.A. degrees in Economics
and Political Science, with a specialty in International
Relations, from the University of California at Santa
Barbara. He spent a year studying abroad at the University
of Goettingen in Germany. After his undergraduate work
Jim embarked on a career in international transportation,
working in business development and management for the
ocean shipping carrier, Maersk Line, and the air carrier,
DHL Worldwide Express. Jim held various executive positions
with these companies. His work took him to New York,
Tampa, Miami and San Francisco.
Jim served as a member of the board of directors of
the International Trade Council of the San Francisco
Chamber of Commerce. He was selected by the International
Who’s Who of Professional Management for professional
achievement in March 2002.
While in Tampa, Jim helped found the Human Rights Task
Force, an organization dedicated to fighting for LGBT
rights at the local level, which has since evolved into
Equality Florida. With his partner of 17 years, Andrew
Nance, he co-founded in 1992 the Tampa Bay Frontrunners,
a gay and lesbian athletic and social club. In 2003,
he co-chaired the annual awards banquet for Equality
California, the statewide LGBT civil rights organization,
in San Francisco. Following his passion for LGBT civil
rights issues, Jim left the business world in 2003 to
enroll in the master program at the Goldman School of
Public Policy at UC Berkeley. During his tenure there
he became director of the Military Education Initiative
(MEI) in May 2004.
Jim comes from a military family. His parents met when
his father was a second lieutenant in the Air Force
and his mother was a nurse and first lieutenant. Two
brothers, a sister-in-law, and two brothers-in-law have
also served in uniform. Jim feels "the time is
right to acknowledge the contributions of LGBT service
members and to build coalitions with veterans and other
groups to end restrictions on gays and lesbians patriotically
serving our country."
Jim is a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and lives in
San Francisco with his partner Andrew.
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