Jim Chaffee is the President and Founder of Chaffee Management Group (CMG), which he launched in 2001 to build meaningful public platforms for authors, artists, actors, and speakers whose work inspires hope and redemption. Focused on faith-based initiatives, CMG operates a speakers bureau and produces national gatherings including Southern Lights, Why Christian, Evolving Faith, The Liturgists Gathering, The Road Back to You (Enneagram), Breathe, and The Ally Tour. Under Jim’s leadership, CMG has become a trusted partner for voices that spark dialogue and transformation.

Jim began his career with the Continental Singers, recruiting and training international tour teams and producing music seminars across Colorado, the Netherlands, Hungary, South Africa, and Singapore—experience that laid the foundation for his talent management and event expertise. In 1994, he was tapped by Word Entertainment to lead the Myrrh Records label, where releases with artists such as Amy Grant, Shirley Caesar, Fernando Ortega, Jaci Velasquez, Mary Mary, Rich Mullins, Michael Card, Crystal Lewis, Anointed, Marvin Sapp, Mark Schultz, and Winans Phase 2 among other which have helped shape modern Contemporary Christian Music.

Since founding CMG, Jim has represented an extensive roster, including Donald Miller, Rachel Held Evans, Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jemar Tisby, Diana Butler Bass, Kaitlin Curtice, Ian Morgan Cron, Nadia Bolz-Weber, Jim Wallis, Mihee Kim-Kort, Out of Eden, Lisa Sharon Harper, David Phelps, Jo Saxton, The Isaacs, Austin Channing Brown, Sarah Bessey, and more. He served on the Gospel Music Association board for 25 years, including as chair (2005–2006).

Jim and his wife, Dove Award–winning singer-songwriter Solveig Leithaug, now live in Norway—Solveig’s homeland—where he continues to oversee CMG’s day-to-day operations. They are the proud parents of five children and three grandchildren residing in New York, Tennessee, and Connecticut.