JIM LUCE Founder and CEO Orphans International

Jim Luce, a former investment banker, founded Orphans International Worldwide in response to the global crisis facing orphaned children. He, alongside a strong network of committed professionals, is working to build interfaith, interracial, internet-connected orphanages providing aid to the world's most disadvantaged children. Jim often speaks at the United Nations, and has been honored twice by the U.S. Congress. Jim holds an East Asian Studies degree from the College of Wooster.  He also studied at Waseda University, Tokyo, Centro de Estudiar Colombino-Americano (Bogotá), and through AFS at Max-Planck Gymnasium (Bielefeld, Germany).