Jim is a mission-driven intrapreneur, someone with entrepreneurial DNA but who works inside organizations doing good in the world, injecting them with business discipline, right-brain inventiveness, and media savvy to move the needle of social change. With a master’s degree in public policy, positions as chief officers within the American Red Cross and Minnesota Zoo, and years of building campaign coalitions including in his own race for state legislature, he is adept at both policy and politics, a get-it-done performer and infectious communicator who builds alliances to positive results.
Jim Rettew
VP of Strategy
- Sausalito, CA
Education + Certifications
MA, Public Policy | Duke University
BA, Political Science and Communication | University of Pennsylvania
White House Presidential Innovation Fellow Finalist (top 3% of applicants) – 2014, 2015
Humphrey School Policy Fellow, University of Minnesota – 2014
Boulder County Community Foundation, NOVA Award for Best Civic Project Winner – 2004
Publications
Put the Love Back in Leadership
Select Projects
City of Hayward, Strategic Planning Process, Project Director
City of Berkeley, Change Management Trainings & Coaching, Project Director
City of West Sacramento, Strategic Planning Process, Project Director
Stockton Arts Commision, Strategic Planning Process, Project Director
FirstMed, Strategic Planning Process, Project Director
City of Santa Rosa, Strategic Planning Process, Project Director