Jim Goodwin

Jim Goodwin is the Senior Program Officer for the Western Rural Development Center (WRDC), located at Utah State University. He joined WRDC in January of 2005. In 2005 and 2006, Jim organized Listening Sessions across the west supporting the National Coalition for Rural Entrepreneurism initiative. In 2007, he is directing the roll out of the Center’s Western EDGE program which is a community-powered entrepreneurism training for rural communities in the west. Prior to WRDC, he was Executive Vice President for IMF Financial Corporation, a capital equipment financing company in Marin County, California. He also sold commercial solar electric generating systems in Northern California. In Logan, as in Northern California for over 30 years, Jim works on sustainable environment, economy and social equity issues with the Utah Bioneers Conference, the Utah State University Sustainability Council, the Cache 2020+ Vision Committee, the Cache Land Trust Alliance and the Benchmark Summit. He graduated from Drake University in Des Moines, IA. He was a captain in the USAF. Jim is married and has three grown children living in California.