Golden Opportunity, Inc.®

Jim B. Golden, M.S., Exec Ed, president and CEO of Golden Opportunity, Inc., is an experienced and dynamic award winning public speaker, facilitator, professor, and entrepreneur who has a combination of over 25 years professional and academic experience in the areas of adult learning, communication and performance.

Jim began his learning and development career in 1992 as a corporate software trainer.  Since then, he has provided learning and development services to individuals, teams, leadership and management from various industries.  In 2003, he founded and incorporated Golden Opportunity to provide learning and development services to the following industries: governement agencies, higher education, and utility industries.

Jim is a member of Toastmasters International, where he has won several competitive speech contests, as well as club, area and district “Toastmaster and President of the Year” honors.  The district encompasses the mid-Atlantic region.
 
Professor Golden is a teaching excellence and teaching recognition award nominated professor, course chair, and faculty peer mentor in the Communications, Arts, and Humanities Department at University of Maryland University College (UMUC) where he teaches face-to-face, hybrid, and online public speaking, communication and interpersonal skills courses.  Professor Golden also serves on the commencement name reading team and has received from UMUC, the dean’s recognition for outstanding student evaluations.

Jim received his Executive Business Education from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, Masters of Science from University of Maryland University College (UMUC), and Bachelors of Science from Central State University in Wilberforce Ohio.

Jim's past community service involves working on the boards of The Mitchellville School in Bowie, MD and Travilah Elementary School PTA in North Potomac, MD.  He currently serves as a motivational speaker, facilitator, and coach to schools and youth organizations throughout the Baltimore/Washington region.