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Jim White

Jim White is the Bulletin‘s chief financial officer consultant and the founder & managing partner of J.S. White & Associates.

Jim brings 24 years of experience in top firms to J.S. White & Associates. A CPA since 1994, Jim has worked for one of the “Big Four” accounting firms as well as another mid-tier firm, where his client base has been exclusively the non-profit and government sectors, including school districts, counties, and municipalities, as well as non-profit entities organized as both 501(c)3 and 501(c)6 statuses. He also has experience in the private sector with Northern Trust and Exelon.

Jim has presented on numerous governmental and non-profit accounting and auditing topics to groups such as the Illinois CPA Society, the Illinois Governmental Finance Officers Association, and the Illinois Association of School Business Officials. Jim has a BBA in Accounting from Loyola University Chicago and is licensed as a CPA in the State of Illinois.