James H. Hance holds the position of Director & Operating Executive at Carlyle Group Management LLC.

He is also on the board of Washington University in St. Louis, Acuity Brands, Inc. and The Carlyle Group, Inc. and Chairman at Johnson & Wales University, Inc.

Mr. Hance previously held the position of Chairman of Consolidated Coin Caterers Corp., Vice Chairman for Bank of America Corp. and Chief Accounting Officer & Executive VP at NCNB Corp (a subsidiary of Bank of America Corp.), Chairman at Sprint Communications, Inc., Non-Executive Chairman of Sprint Nextel Corp. and Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

He received an undergraduate degree from Westminster College (Utah).