James Richard "Jamie" Wall Jr. (born September 1971) is an American business consultant and Democratic politician from Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Earlier in his career, Wall served as administrator of the Division of Economic Development in the Wisconsin Department of Commerce during Jim Doyle's first term as governor.
Jamie Wall was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and was raised on his family's dairy farm in the nearby rural town of Holland.
[2] Shortly after Chvala's defeat, Wall was announced as one of 32 Rhodes Scholarship recipients for 1995 and spent the next two years studying at Oxford University in England.
[3] After completing his master's degree at Oxford, Wall worked in New York for management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, then joined a technology startup in Silicon Valley.
[4] He returned to Wisconsin in 2002 and partnered with a friend in establishing their own company in Green Bay, providing consulting and strategic planning services to businesses.
[5] After traveling extensively around the state promoting economic development projects, Wall made his first bid for public office in 2005, when he announced his campaign for U.S. House of Representatives.
[4] Wall had a strong start, raising $140,000 in his first quarter of fundraising and earning the endorsement of Dave Obey, the dean of the Wisconsin congressional delegation.