Jamie started a small business to advise companies in Wisconsin and throughout the country. He has real-world experience helping business people find and implement solutions to difficult problems. He also spent a couple of years running Wisconsin's economic development programs, working with large and small businesses across the state to create jobs. In that role, he helped establish the New North, an organization that brings together business, government, and non-profit leaders to promote business growth in Brown County and Northeast Wisconsin as a whole.

Jamie is active in the community, serving as vice president of the Green Bay Water Commission and as treasurer of his local neighborhood association. He is a past board member of the Wisconsin 4-H Foundation and the Clean Wisconsin Action Fund.