Executive Board Member
Health & Voluntary Benefits Association® (HVBA)

National Practice Leader
CBIZ PEO & Association Consulting

Jim has been an entrepreneur for over thirty-five (35) years consulting with PEOs, associations, public and private companies, non-profits, and healthcare organizations.

In 2004 Jim and his partners started employee benefits and human resources consulting firm, Egan, Amato & O’Connor (EAO Benefits), which was acquired by CBIZ, Inc. in 2009 in order to open the New Jersey/New York market. While having various roles over the years with CBIZ, Jim was CEO of the Employee Services Organization from 2014 to 2017, overseeing one of the largest employee benefits firms in the country.

In 2017 Jim stepped away from executive management but remained at CBIZ to return to his main passion-consulting with his clients. In addition to working directly with employers of all sizes, as National Practice Leader of the CBIZ PEO & Association Consulting Practice, Jim leads a team in the design, implementation and management of high impact employee benefits programs for the PEOs’ employer clients and Associations’ members. In this capacity Jim has developed numerous innovative low cost, high programs designed specifically for the often underserved lower wage “blue collar” employee population.

Prior to forming EAO Benefits in 2004 Jim was Executive Vice President of Bank of America’s employee benefits and commercial insurance division. In this role Jim oversaw the client consulting activities nationally across all divisions of the company.

Previously Jim was President of Meeker Sharkey Benefits, an employee benefits brokerage/consulting firm focused on non-profit, healthcare, public entity and middle market employers.

In addition to his work at CBIZ, Jim is an active member of many non-profit and for profit boards, including, but not limited to; Health Innovation Partners, LLC (current); Partners In Care, Inc. (current); Centivo, Inc. Advisory Board (current); TouchCare, Inc. Advisory Board (current). The Health & Voluntary Benefits Association (current); Bridgeway Rehabilitation Services (current); Covenant House International (past); New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce (past);.

A graduate of Fairfield University (Class of ’85), Jim lives in Little Silver New Jersey, is happily married and the proud father of one son and three step-daughters, while also finding the time to successfully complete two Ironman competitions in Lake Placid, New York, and numerous other triathlons.