Jim Delaney, retired office managing partner of Deloitte & Touche, served as financial supervisor to the commission overseeing the city of Cleveland’s fiscal recovery in the 1980s. He chaired the Mayor’s Operation Volunteer Effort (MOVE Program) and served as vice chair of the Greater Cleveland Growth Association. His special concern for education and youth led to his roles as vice president of Youth Opportunities Unlimited and trustee of Beaumont School and John Carroll University. He also chaired Case Western Reserve University’s advisory council for its five-year graduate accountancy program and served on the visiting committee of the Weatherhead School of Management. After completing his term on the Cleveland Foundation’s board, Delaney served for several years as an external advisor to the foundation’s audit committee. He holds a master’s degree in accounting and business administration from Michigan State University.