James “Jamie” Jessup is an educator, coach, author, and speaker who currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife and family. He is the founder and director of Camp Clutch, who’s mission is to provide mentoring and empowerment to adolescent youth through sports. Additionally, James develops programming centered on wholistic approaches to educating youth in and out of school contexts. In his work, James advocates for education equity for students historically pushed on the margins.