Orange County Rescue Mission President Jim Palmer cited health reasons in announcing his resignation. He oversaw an expansion of the its facilities and programs.
After 30 years of running the Orange County Rescue Mission, one of the largest nonprofit homeless service providers in the county, Jim Palmer has stepped down as president and chief executive officer.
When Palmer arrived at the Orange County Rescue Mission more than 30 years ago, he did so first as a volunteer. It wasn’t until 1992 that he took over the reins as president and chief executive officer. At the time, the mission only had one facility, which provided shelter and services to nine men and other transients. There were nine people on staff and the faith-based nonprofit was $90,000 in debt, Palmer said in a phone interview Wednesday.
Palmer said the Rescue Mission now operates about a dozen facilities, known as campuses, each one equipped with supportive programs and services such as counseling, job training, and medical and dental care to support the individual needs of veterans, families, youth, and victims of sex trafficking. The people enrolled in the Rescue Missions programs are referred to as students.
From 2006 to 2010, he was a member of the Tustin City Council, where he pushed for more transparency at City Hall by making public records more accessible. In 2007, President George W. Bush nominated Palmer to serve as the director of the Board for the Corporation for National and Community Service, where he oversaw a team of 125,000 staffers and AmeriCorps VISTA workers and an annual budget of $1.2 billion. His term ended in 2012.
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