James Bennett is a senior vice president of Cleveland Medical Mart and Convention Center, a founding partner at Glengary LLC, senior managing director and senior advisor at Dix & Eaton Inc., and chairman and director of NextMED Systems. He was previously with McKinsey & Company, KeyCorp and EmployOn. At McKinsey, he served as managing director for Canada, managing director of the Cleveland/Pittsburgh Office Complex and member of the worldwide Shareholders Committee. At Key he headed retail banking and operational services.

Bennett is well known for his civic leadership in the nonprofit sector, working in the fields of economic development, social services, healthcare delivery, education and the arts. He is a trustee of the Greater Cleveland Media Development Corporation and the Cleveland Initiative for Education. He served as vice chair of the Greater Cleveland Growth Association and trustee of United Way of Greater Cleveland, National Ballet of Canada and Hathaway Brown School. Bennett holds a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and a juris doctor degree from Harvard University Law School.