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 LP and Chairman of Johnson & Wales University, Inc.

Mr. Hance previously occupied the position of Chairman at 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.), Non-Executive Chairman of Sprint Nextel Corp., Chairman of Sprint Communications, Inc. and Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

James H. Hance received an undergraduate degree from Westminster College (Utah).