JIM CRIGLER, Member of the Board
Jim Crigler grew up in the farm country of South Eastern Missouri. Graduating high school in the turbulence of 1968, Jim’s goal was to be the first in his family to get a college education. In the summer of 1970 a draft notice interrupted that dream.
For four years, Jim served as a warrant officer helicopter pilot flying in Vietnam with A Troop 7/17 Air Cavalry and the 129th Assault Helicopter Company, US Army. Jim flew thousands of combat missions during his tour of duty. After the service, he graduated magna cum laude with a BS degree in Business Management from the University of Missouri.
After a successful career in telecommunications, Jim decided to create his own path in business. For the last 23 years Jim has been President and CEO of Winona Search Group Inc., a human resources consulting and search firm.
Jim has served in a leadership role on several non-profit boards including the American Red Cross of Winona County and American Huey 369. He is passionate about helping those men and women that have served to protect our freedoms as well as the Gold Star Families that have lost loved ones in that effort. Jim is an author (Mission of Honor: A Moral Compass for a Moral Dilemma) and speaker and regularly presents at colleges and universities throughout the Midwest. He also wins canoe races.
In March of 2017 Jim attended the Warfighter Advance evolution. “This is a game changer for me and all the men and women that have attended this course,” he said. “This is an organization that I will wholeheartedly support.”
Jim Crigler grew up in the farm country of South Eastern Missouri. Graduating high school in the turbulence of 1968, Jim’s goal was to be the first in his family to get a college education. In the summer of 1970 a draft notice interrupted that dream.
For four years, Jim served as a warrant officer helicopter pilot flying in Vietnam with A Troop 7/17 Air Cavalry and the 129th Assault Helicopter Company, US Army. Jim flew thousands of combat missions during his tour of duty. After the service, he graduated magna cum laude with a BS degree in Business Management from the University of Missouri.
After a successful career in telecommunications, Jim decided to create his own path in business. For the last 23 years Jim has been President and CEO of Winona Search Group Inc., a human resources consulting and search firm.
Jim has served in a leadership role on several non-profit boards including the American Red Cross of Winona County and American Huey 369. He is passionate about helping those men and women that have served to protect our freedoms as well as the Gold Star Families that have lost loved ones in that effort. Jim is an author (Mission of Honor: A Moral Compass for a Moral Dilemma) and speaker and regularly presents at colleges and universities throughout the Midwest. He also wins canoe races.
In March of 2017 Jim attended the Warfighter Advance evolution. “This is a game changer for me and all the men and women that have attended this course,” he said. “This is an organization that I will wholeheartedly support.”
