Jim Griffin

Jim Griffin serves as Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives in the Office of Engagement and Community Affairs where he seeks to advance partnerships that connect the university with our valued neighbors and collaborators.

His diverse career includes a wide variety of advising and administrating roles in support of non-profit organizations. His work included roles with the U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Ways & Means, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, the City of Pittsburgh, and NASA.

Jim earned an MBA degree from Carnegie Mellon University, a bachelor’s degree from Yale University, and is certified as a Project Management Professional. An eighth-generation native of this corner of Appalachia, his first job was as a laborer at the now defunct Washington Steel.