James R. Chambers is a businessperson who has been at the helm of 13 different companies.

He is Non-Executive Chairman at Big Lots, Inc. and Chairman for TIAA Board of Governors, Chairman at Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America-College and Chairman-Trustees Board at Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America (a subsidiary of TIAA Board of Governors). James R. Chambers is also Chairman for Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America-College.

He previously was President & Co-Chief Executive Officer at WW International, Inc., President & Chief Executive Officer at NetGrocer, Inc., President & Chief Executive Officer of NeXpansion, Inc., Group President at Information Resources, Inc. and Group President at Information Resources, Inc. (a subsidiary of Information Resources, Inc.), General Manager at Mondelez International, Inc. President of Mondelez UK Holdings & Services Ltd. President at Cadbury Adams USA LLC, President-Americas Confectionery Division at Mondelez UK Holdings & Services Ltd. President-Confectionary at Kraft Foods North America, Inc. President-North America & Americas Confectionery at Cadbury Ltd. and President-Refrigerated Foods & Senior VP-Sales at Nabisco, Inc. (which are all subsidiaries of Mondelez International, Inc.), Chairman at TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services LLC, Chief Executive Officer for Paxonix, Inc., Co-President of DPS Beverages, Inc. and President & Chief Executive Officer for Rémy Cointreau USA, Inc.

James R. Chambers received an undergraduate degree from Princeton University and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.