Kay Coles James
| Kay Coles James | |
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James in 2001
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| Director of United States Office of Personnel Management. | |
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In office July 11, 2001 – 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Janice Lachance |
| Succeeded by | Linda M. Springer |
| 6th Virginia Secretary of Health and Human Resources |
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In office January 15, 1994 – March 12, 1996 |
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| Governor | George Allen |
| Preceded by | Howard M. Cullum |
| Succeeded by | Robert C. Metcalf |
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June 1, 1949 Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Charles E. James, Sr. |
| Alma mater | Hampton University |
Kay Coles James (born June 1, 1949) is an American public official who served as the director for the United States Office of Personnel Management under George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005. Previous to the OPM appointment, she served as Virginia Secretary of Health and Human Resources under then-Governor George Allen and was the dean of Regent University's government school. She is currently a member of the NASA Advisory Council. She is the President and Founder of the Gloucester Institute, a leadership training center for young African Americans.
A graduate of Hampton University, James is the recipient of numerous honorary degrees, most recently the Doctor of Laws Degree from Pepperdine University. James is the recipient the University of Virginia's Publius Award for Public Service, and the Spirit of Democracy Award for Public Policy Leadership from the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation.
As 1994 graduation speaker at Hampton University, her alma mater, James said, using the incurable disease as a metaphor for widespread social ills,
[The United States is] experiencing cultural AIDS. We as a country have been the victims of an immune system that has broken down. It's gone.
James has served on the Fairfax County School Board and the Virginia Board of Education, and on the board of the conservative evangelical Focus on the Family. She also was Senior Vice President of the Family Research Council, the conservative, Christian right group and lobbying organization. She has also served as Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer for One to One Partnership, a national umbrella organization for mentoring programs.
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