Jamie began volunteering with EFJA in 2003 as a parade marshal and has never left! Jamie is an actor (Work In Progress on Showtime), writer, and comedian. His award-winning, critically-acclaimed solo show has been performed nationally and internationally for the last 9 years. In 2004, Jamie served on the First Night Evanston committee. In addition to being celebration manager, Jamie also serves on the boards of Habakkuk Theatre and Lorde, Rustin and Bates.

He trains police officers in crisis intervention and coaches the speech team at Mt. Carmel High School. He can be reached at celebration@evanston4th.org.