James Francesconi
2022 ALI Fellow
Jim Francesconi brings to ALI a career focused on service to and social justice for all members of his home community of Portland, Oregon. Most recently he served on the executive team at Moda Health, a large community health plan in the Pacific Northwest, and earlier he was an elected Portland city commissioner, in which capacity he co-founded Schools Uniting Neighborhoods, a city-county nonprofit collaborative providing before and after school social services for low-income children of color in over 50 schools, and increased public space in Portland by more than 1,000 acres. A practicing attorney for nearly 30 years, Jim operated his own firm focused on representing working people and their families, and his extensive board experience includes service on the Oregon State Board of Higher Education.