Jim Wigfall

Jim Wigfall is the chief executive officer of Sound Generations, a nonprofit organization providing food security, transportation, health and wellness, and assistance services to older adults and adults with disabilities throughout King County, Washington.

Before joining Sound Generations, Mr. Wigfall spent more than 31 years with The Boeing Company. When he retired from Boeing, he was vice president of the Shared Services Group (SSG) business partner, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. In this role, he was responsible for all of the facilities, construction and asset management for all Commercial Airplanes sites in the Puget Sound, Washington, area and in Charleston, South Carolina. In addition, her was responsible for strategic alignment and SSG service delivery in support of Commercial Airplanes’ daily operations.

Mr. Wigfall held several leadership roles at Boeing. As vice president of SSG Supplier Management, he was responsible for procurement of all nonproduction goods and services for the entire company. As leader of the Supply Chain Services organization, he was responsible for investment recovery and distribution, business and technical information management, creative services, library and learning centers, and printing services and engineering information management. He also led the Y2K program for Commercial Airplanes.

Making a difference in the community is one of Mr. Wigfall’s passions. Currently, he is a president of the King County Library System Foundation board of directors as well as a member of The Citadel’s Baker School of Business advisory board and The Citadel Foundation board of directors.

Mr. Wigfall served four years in the Army and was honorably discharged as a captain in the Signal Corps. He earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics/computer science from The Citadel and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Tennessee. He recently published his first novel, “Standing Tall.”