James has held leadership roles in education and non-profit development since 2004. He works with the Free Market Medical Association and most recently helped the Mises Institute with their donor relations. Growing up in the Nashville area, he also worked in book wholesale and distribution for almost ten years. After relocating to Oklahoma, he received an MBA in Leadership and Organizational Development from Oklahoma Christian University. He has four children who have all been homeschooled, and his passion is advancing the ideas of liberty through education.