James M. Jenkins
James M. (Jim) Jenkins was appointed the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer effective May 20, 2024 and has served as the Company’s Executive Chairman since August 30, 2023. Mr. Jenkins had previously been serving as Acting President and CEO since February 1, 2024. Mr. Jenkins previously served as Chairman of the Board from February 1, 2023 through August 2023 and as a director since 2016. Mr. Jenkins previously served on our Board from 2012 to 2015 and was a member of our Audit and Corporate Governance Committees. Prior to his appointment as President and CEO, Mr. Jenkins was the General Counsel and Vice President of Corporate Development for Transcat, Inc. (Nasdaq:TRNS), a provider of calibration, repair, inspection and laboratory services, where he served as Transcat’s chief risk officer and advised management and the board of directors over matters of corporate governance and securities law. He also led Transcat’s acquisition strategy. He joined Transcat in September 2020. Before joining Transcat, he was a partner at Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, a regional law firm in New York State. His practice focused on corporate governance and general corporate law matters, including initial and secondary public offerings, private placements, mergers and acquisitions, and securities law compliance. Mr. Jenkins joined the firm in 1989 as an associate and was elected a partner effective January 1, 1997. He is a Chambers-rated attorney and served as the Chair of the firm’s Securities Practice Group from 2001 to 2020 and as a member of the firm’s Management Committee from January 2007 to January 2013. From 2018 until September 2020, he served as the Partner in Charge of the firm’s New York City office. Mr. Jenkins holds a B.A. from Virginia Military Institute and a J.D. from West Virginia University College of Law.