Presently, Deborah Lee James is Chairman for Firefly Aerospace, Inc. and Advisor at Enlightenment Capital LLC. Ms. James is also on the board of 10 other companies.

Ms. James previously held the position of EVP-Communications & Government Affairs at Science Applications International Corp., Sector President-Technical & Engineering at Leidos Holdings, Inc. and EVP-Communications & Government Affairs at Leidos, Inc. (a subsidiary of Leidos Holdings, Inc.), Principal at U.S. House of Representatives, VP-International Operations & Marketing at United Technologies Corp., Secretary at US Air Force and Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President for Business Executives for National Security.

Deborah Lee James received an undergraduate degree from Duke University and a graduate degree from The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York.