UNIVERSITY FUND-RAISER NAMED TO STATEWIDE BOARD OF PLANNED GIVING PROFESSIONALS

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Jim Harris, director of planned giving at the University of Arkansas, has been appointed to the board of directors of the Arkansas Chapter of the National Committee on Planned Giving.

The National Committee on Planned Giving (NCPG) is a professional association for some 11,400 men and women who develop, market, and administer charitable planned gifts. Planned gifts in Arkansas alone run into the tens of millions of dollars every year to such charitable organizations as churches and synagogues, colleges and universities, hospitals, volunteer organizations and service agencies.

The Arkansas chapter of the NCPG keeps its 77 members abreast of changes in estate and gift planning techniques, including estate tax law and a variety of other mechanisms for integrating charitable gifts into estate plans. The chapter also focuses on the continuing education of its members by bringing in top speakers and utilizing technology to reach out.

Jim Harris is the Director of Planned Giving at the University of Arkansas. He is a graduate of the Sam M. Walton College of Business and the School of Law at the University of Arkansas. He received his Master of Laws in Taxation from the University of Florida and is a Certified Public Accountant. He was in private practice as a partner in the Rose Law Firm, Little Rock, Arkansas, from 1989-1997, and with Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson in Fayetteville, Arkansas, from 1997-2000. He has received the Craig Sterne Award for Outstanding Achievement in Taxation and Estate Planning and is a James J. Freeland Tax Scholar. Prior to becoming the Director of Planned Giving at the University of Arkansas, he served as Associate Director of Planned Giving and Counsel to the Office of Planned Giving.