About Jim Pivonka: Grew up on farms in Colorado and Kansas, live in Kansas, retired. Degree in Geology, lifelong interest in paleontology and evolutionary biology.
Worked many years at Treasury, ended up in Strategic Issues Management, emphasis on information systems and technology. Additional education at Stanford (National Institute of Public Affairs Fellowship '72) and Harvard (Kennedy Schools of Government MPA '83).
Other interests: Economics, public finance and taxation, geography and history (emph. Manchuria to Bulgaria), neuro physiology, developmental biology, genetics, etc.