Lothrop Award

Jim Skesavage

2016

Jim Skesavage is Director of Marketing, Principal and a member of the management team at Atlanta Capital Management Co., LLC. His additional responsibilities are as co-head of client service. With over thirty years of professional experience, Mr. Skesavage has served in a variety of marketing and client service roles. Atlanta Capital manages over $15.5 billion for 220 clients, with a primary focus on institutional, tax-exempt pension plans.

Before joining Atlanta Capital in 2002, he was Director of Client Service/Product Management, a global partner and member of the management team at INVESCO Capital Management. He acts as Chairman of the American Society for Competitiveness. Additionally, he serves on the John Early Society Advisory Committee at Loyola University Maryland. He was past President of the Board of Directors for the Association of Investment Marketing Sales Executives (AIMSE). Jim has served on the Boards of Zoo Atlanta, the Florida Public Pension Trustees Association (FPPTA) and the Alumni Association for the Stetson School of Business and Economics at Mercer University. He has also participated on the Program Committee for the Southern Employee Benefits Conference.

A native of Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, Mr. Skesavage earned his MBA in management from Mercer University, Atlanta, Georgia, where he was inducted into the National Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. He received his BA in business administration from Loyola College, Baltimore, Maryland. He has completed postgraduate work at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and attended the Chief Executive Leadership Institute’s Leadership Exchange and Analysis Program.

Jim has been married for 26 years and has two children attending college.