Jim Hickman

Jim Hickman, MA, served on the Wisdom University Board from 2005-2012 and is the founding Chairperson of the board for Ubiquity University as well as the CFO. He spent 30 years (1972-2002) developing economic, professional and cultural relations between the United States and the countries within the former Soviet bloc. He was a telecommunications executive during the 1990’s, co-founding the Russian long-distance company Rustel in 1992, serving as its president from 1992-1997. From 1989-1992, Hickman was CEO of AJ Ventures, Inc., a U.S. company that established commercial enterprises in the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia in 1993, as vice-president of the State of the World Forum, he worked with President Gorbachev and Jim Garrison on the foundation’s international programs. He co-founded, with Jim Garrison, Mosaic Networks in 2003 as a business consulting firm focused on international telecommunications projects. Jim received his M.A. in psychology from Sonoma State College and teaches a course on neuroscience and personal practice at the Wisdom School of graduate studies.