Jim Beeler was an urban planner in Tampa Florida.
- Master's in Urban & Regional Planning 2011
- NEURUS Grant Fellow Humboldt University, Berlin 2010
- Summer Seminar, Universidade Positivo, Curitiba Brazil 2009
- Bachelor of Arts in European History 1988, University of South Florida
- Radio Programmer 1981-2000 for WMNF 88.5 FM Tampa