A graduate of UCLA's Anderson School of Mangement, Ji Norvell has conducted successful major fund-raising campaigns for higher education, the arts and healthcare. He founded a successful capital campaign firm and chaired the American Association of Fund-Raising Counsel (AAFRC.) He consults nationally and internationally form his home in Southern california where he is Director, West Coast Operations for Brakeley, Inc, a pioneer in philanthropic fund raising since 1918.