​Jim Kaminer

​Jim Kaminer

Board Chair

Jim Kaminer practiced commercial real estate law for more than 40 years with Seyfarth Shaw LLP and retired in late 2019. His practice included most areas of commercial real estate with an emphasis on real estate finance, office leasing, and real estate transaction structuring. He has a longstanding interest in conservation and in sustainable development.

Mr. Kaminer previously served on the Boards of the Chattahoochee Hill Country Conservancy and the Merrie-Woode Foundation. He has been a member of, and advisor to, the Georgia chapter of The Nature Conservancy for more than 30 years and served as chairman of the Board of Trustees in 2018 and 2019. Mr. Kaminer also currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Mountain Conservation Trust and is on its executive committee.

Mr. Kaminer was born in Houston, Texas. but grew up in Atlanta. He received his undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University in 1969 and then served 3 years in the U.S. Army. He received an MBA from Georgia State University in 1973 and his law degree from Emory University School of Law in 1976. He and his wife Barry reside in Atlanta and have four children, Wright, Heath, Cooper, and Andrew.

Mr. Kaminer enjoys spending time outdoors, whether on the marsh or in the mountains. He is an avid fisherman and traces his interest in conservation back to his first fishing trip to the Florida Keys in 1968. Mr. Kaminer has spent many years fishing and paddling on the rivers and streams of North Georgia and North Carolina. He also spends as much time as possible fishing and enjoying nature in the Western U.S. and Patagonia.