James joined the AIChE membership staff in 2013 and works out of the AIChE Global Headquarters in New York City. He is the staff liaison to the Minority Affairs Committee (MAC) and the Women's Initiatives Committee (WIC), and works closely on membership and student awards programs. James has extensive membership association experience, having previously held various membership, committee liaison and marketing communications positions at the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) over the course of nearly 10 years.