Jim Garrison, PhD, serves as President of the State of the World Forum which he co-founded with Mikhail Gorbachev in 1995. He also serves as President of Ubiquity University since 2005 and Convener of Humanity Rising launched in 2020.

Jim received his B.A. from the University of Santa Clara, an MTS from Harvard University, and a PhD from the University of Cambridge. His books include: The Plutonium Culture, America as Empire, The Darkness of God: Theology after Hiroshima, Citizen Diplomacy, and Civilization and the Transformation of Power.