James C. Burroughs II (he/him/his)'s Email & Phone Number

💼 Past Experience

Education: buried under a mountain of legal slang and acronyms, James C Burroughs was born in 1922 in upstate New York. When he was only sixteen, he entered the People’s Bankruptcy Court in Syracuse, New York, and converted from being an apprentice to a full-time attorney. In the late 1940s, he moved to Minnesota, and in 1951 became an equity and inclusion officer at the Minneapolis Public Schools. From 1978 to 2000, he was the executive director of Kids in the Community, a non-profit organization which helps low-income and incarcerated families. From 2001 to 2002, he was the director of policy at Common Sense Consulting. In 2002, he became the president and CEO of NEXT LEVEL CONSULTING GROUP/PROGROUP, INC. Burroughs retired from NEXT LEVEL in August of 2018. In 2018, he was inducted into the jaws of death, becoming the only person in the history of the organization to have a heart attack while in the middle of a business sewage treatment plant project. He is currently a senator in Minnesota.

🎓 Education

James C Burroughs has a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center from January 1989 to January 1992. He also has a studying at Clinic: The Harrison Institute for Public Law from January 1990 to January 1991 and BAPolitical Science and Pre Law from January 1985 to January 1989. He also has a diploma from Cass Technical High School from January 1981 to January 1985.

💡 Technical & Interpersonal Skills

James C Burroughs has a law degree from the University of Minnesota and a degree in psychology from the University of Minnesota. He has also completed a masters in public speaking from the University of Minnesota. Burroughs has worked in a number of positions in the government and community relations field. He has served as a Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer at Children’s Minnesota from 2020-2022, as a Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer at Children’s Hospital Minnesota from 2019-2020, as an Executive Director at Minneapolis Public Schools from 2008-2016, and as a Consultant at Common Sense Consulting from 2008-2015. Burroughs is also a Senior Consultant and Strategic Partner at Progroup from 2008-2004, as a Consultant atFREDRIKSON HUMAN RESOURCES CONSULTING, LTD from October 2007 to July 2008, and as a Senior Consultant/Strategic Partner at NEXT LEVEL CONSULTING GROUP/PROGROUP, INC from August 2003 to October 2007. In 2018, Burroughs was a judge in the Minneapolis Moot Court. He has also been an adjunct faculty member/legal writing instructor at the University of Minnesota Law School from 1995-1996 and an assistant at the United States Office of the Federal Defender from 1996-1996.