Jim Garrison, PhD, serves as Director of the Washington, D.C. Office of the New Paradigm Institute where he focuses on the U.S. Government release to the public of information pertaining to Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP). He also serves as Convener of Humanity Rising Network, a daily global broadcast on issues of global concern.

Jim served as Founding President of Ubiquity University from 2005 - 2023. He continues to be involved with Ubiquity on the Board and as President Emeritus. He was co-founder and President of the Gorbachev Foundation / U.S.A. (1992 – 1995) and President of the State of the World Forum (1995 – 2004) with Mikhail Gorbachev serving as Convening Chairman.

Jim received his B.A. in History from the University of Santa Clara, an M.A. in History of Religion from Harvard University, and a PhD in Philosophical Theology from Cambridge University. He has written numerous books, including The Plutonium Culture, America as Empire, The Darkness of God: Theology after Hiroshima, Citizen Diplomacy, and Civilization and the Transformation of Power. He lectures on comparative philosophy and religion, world history and politics, and the implications of humanity’s contact with Extraterrestrial Intelligences.