Mr. James A. Bell is an Independent Director at Dow, Inc., an Independent Director at Apple, Inc., an Independent Director at CDW Corp., an Independent Director at JPMorgan Chase & Co., a Director & Manager at CDW LLC, a Member at Building Owners & Managers Association of New York, Inc. and a Member at The Commercial Club of Chicago.

He is on the Board of Directors at Dow, Inc., Apple, Inc., CDW Corp., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Dow Wolff Cellulosics GmbH & Co. KG, Joffrey Ballet, JPMorgan Chase Bank NA (United Kingdom), JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA (New York), CDW LLC, Center for Strategic & International Studies, Inc. and Rush University Medical Center. Mr. Bell was previously employed as a Senior Vice President & Controller by The Boeing Co., a Vice President-Contracts & Pricing by Boeing Satellite Systems, Inc., a Vice President-Contracts & Pricing by Boeing Space & Communications Group, a Property Manager by Robert Martin Co. LLC, a Senior Internal Auditor & Accounting Manager by Rockwell International Corp., a Chairman by Boeing Capital Corp., an Executive Vice President by Boeing Ventures, a Principal by International Business Machines Corp., and a Vice President-Property Management by Mack-Cali Realty Corp.

He also served on the board at The Dow Chemical Co., DowDuPont, Inc., Chicago Infrastructure Trust, New Leaders, Inc., The Chicago Urban League, The Economic Club of Chicago and World Business Chicago.

He received his undergraduate degree from California State University-Los Angeles.