Jim Carnes

Jim Carnes is retired after a 32 year career in electronics with RCA and the Sarnoff Corporation, where for the last 12 years he was President and CEO. He graduated from Penn State in 1961 and after four years in the U.S. Navy earned a PhD at Princeton University in 1970. Jim has served on numerous business and not-for-profit boards, including Rider University Board of Trustees, Thomas Edison College Foundation Board, and The American Boy choir School. He currently serves as a director of C-COR Inc. Jim is a Penn State Distinguished Alumnus, Alumni Fellow and served two years as President of the Penn State Alumni Association. He is a Fellow of the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He and his wife, Nancy, split their time between their homes in State College and Sarasota, Florida. Jim is an avid golfer.