Jim Chaffee is President and Founder of Chaffee Management Group (CMG), a company founded in 2001 dedicated to establishing robust public platforms for authors, artists, actors, and speakers who convey hope and redemption through their art. CMG includes a faith-based speakers bureau and provides the organization and management for several national conferences, which have included the Why Christian and Evolving Faith Conference, The Liturgist Gathering, The Road Back To You Enneagram conferences, and The Ally Tour.

Chaffee started his career recruiting, training, and developing music teams to tour around the world with Continental Singers and produced and promoted international music seminars in Colorado, Holland, Hungary, South Africa, and Singapore.  

In 1994, Word Entertainment hired Jim to head up their label, Myrrh Records. Throughout his tenure, the label released records for Amy Grant, Shirley Caesar, Fernando Ortega, Jaci Velasquez, Rich Mullins, Michael Card, Crystal Lewis, Anointed, Mark Schultz, Winan's Phase 2, and others.

In 2001 he left the label to start Chaffee Management Group. For the past two decades, CMG clients have included Donald Miller, Out of Eden, Lisa Sharon Harper, David Phelps, Jo Saxton, The Isaacs, Rachel Held Evans, Diana Butler Bass, Ian Morgan Cron, Mike McHargue (Science Mike), Nadia Boltz-Weber, Austin Channing Brown, Lisa Sharon Harper, Jemar Tisby, Sarah Bessey, Latasha Morrison, Jeff Chu, and others.

Additionally, Jim has served as a member of the Gospel Music Association board of directors, Chairman of the Board for the GMA in 2003 – 2004, managed and promoted tours and events in more than 45 countries, raising more than 5 million dollars for humanitarian causes.

Jim currently lives outside of Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife, Dove Award-winning singer/songwriter Solveig Leithaug. They are the proud parents of five children living in New York, Texas, Connecticut, and Norway.