James possesses 30 years’ experience in coordinating, developing, and managing workforce-services programs with successful outcomes in high-pressure environments, serving diverse populations, achieving challenging objectives, and aiding the development of children, families, parents and teens.

Immediately prior to joining the KRA family, he served as the Case Coordinator for the Multidisciplinary Representation Team (MRT), Summit County Juvenile Court, Akron, coordinating community resources, employment support, housing assistance, and transportation and medical services, working annually with 60 clients, 6 attorneys and 20+ community partners.

Exceeding all MRT 2021-2025 grant-benchmark requirements to reunify families, this first-of-its-kind, pilot program in Ohio was awarded a 2024 Program Innovation Award from the Ohio Supreme Court, and by 2025 was funded to operate in five additional counties.

Serving in another significant leadership position, i.e., Director,  Academy Programming, Boys Hope Girls Hope of Northeastern Ohio, James recruited, hired, trained, and managed the performance of 40+ full- and part-time adjunct instructors of all Hope Prep programs.

Currently, he provides day-to-day oversight and performance- and fiscal-management services related to One-Stop Program contracted operations, serving as a Countywide liaison to businesses, contractors, funders, training-program operators, state and local partnering agencies and organizations, and other workforce-services stakeholders.

James holds a BA in Social Work from Malone (College) University, Canton, OH.   

His work-life balance activities include reading, traveling, working out, long walks with his dog Louie, a good movie with his cat Kobe, and smiling at the achievements of his two daughters.