James M. Desmond, CFA

Jim has served as a member of the Emmaus Foundation (Catholic Foundation Board) since 2018, currently serving as President. He is a member of Mary Help of Christians Parish in Tampa where he is a lay eucharistic minister, a volunteer at Cristo Rey Salesian Tampa High School at Mary Help Center, and a member of the St. John Bosco chapter of the Knights of Columbus at the parish. Jim became a promised member of the Salesian Cooperators in 2022, where he works to spread the charism of St. John Bosco to the young and the poor. He is currently Secretary of the Mary Help of Christians Center Cooperator unit as well as the Treasurer of the USA East Cooperator Provincial Council. Jim and Joyce Desmond have been married thirty-eight years, and they are parents of two married adult children, Sean (Noah, and Lauren (Ian) and two grandchildren, James and Teddy. Jim has been retired since 2023.