CLE Seminar - Estate Planning 2021Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Russel James, PhD.
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Meet Our Speaker
Russell James, Ph.D., is one of the nation’s foremost experts on planned giving. Professor James spent more than 25 years as a planned giving fundraiser, an estate planning attorney, and a major gifts fundraiser, college president and professor. Today he is the CH Foundation Chair of Personal Finance Planning at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, where he was named Teacher of the Year in 2012.
Prior to his career as an academic researcher, James spent six years as director of planned giving for Central Christian College in Moberly, Missouri. He later served more than five years as president of the college, where he had direct and supervisory responsibility for all fundraising. During his presidency, the college successfully completed two major capital campaigns, built several debt-free buildings and more than tripled enrollment.
James has published research in more than 40 peer-reviewed scientific journals and has been quoted on charitable and financial issues in outlets such as The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, U.S. News & World Reports and The Chronicle of Philanthropy. His focus, he explains, is “to make and share words, pictures and discoveries that help others to encourage generosity.” That is evident in his vast offering of YouTube videos, which provide invaluable tools for planned giving veterans and newcomers alike.
