James Amendolia, is the Co-City Directors of the C.S. Lewis Institute – Charleston with his wife Cathy. Natives of Washington, D.C., and Northern Virginia, they have lived and served throughout the United States. A retired Lieutenant Colonel of the U.S. Marine Corps, former V.P. in the commercial management sector, and pastor, Jim holds a B.A. in History from George Washington University, an M.A. in Military Art and Science from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, an M.B.A. from Webster University, an M.Div. from Reformed Theological Seminary, and a D.Min. from Phoenix Seminary.  Together Jim & Cathy have served in the inner-city, the suburbs, and with both the young and the old. High school sweethearts, they have been married for over 55 years and have three grown children, a son and two daughters.