James A. Graham Email & Phone Number

701 Loyola Ave #403, New Orleans, La 70113

James Graham created the Healthy School Food Collaborative in 2014 response to the national obesity epidemic with a belief that schools and community programs are in a unique position to promote healthy lifestyles through nutritional standards, nutritional education and increased access to fresh and healthy food. As Executive Director of The HSFC and a child nutrition program expert, Mr. Graham has worked to raised the health and quality of school food, summer food service programs and child and adult food programs throughout the United States. The HSFC partners with charter, private and educational institutions to implement high quality nutritional standards and autonomy to include school administrators in the decision-making process and partnerships with well-functioning food service management companies who promoting health and wellness education.

Greater New Orleans Area

Attorney and Founder of a local law firm that establishes solutions for low and middle income families who face legal problems related to their basic needs such as nutrition, housing and income. This is accomplished through the establishment of new medical legal partnerships or the facilitation of collaborative relationships with other medical legal partnerships in the State of Louisiana. There is an established need for medical legal partnerships in the State of Louisiana due to the impact they have on vulnerable populations, healthcare and legal institutions, and reducing policy barriers affecting people’s health.

Greater New Orleans Area

Facilitates courses that concentrate on business management and human resources. These courses cover many disciplines of management in theory and practice and as both a science and an art. I have covered such topics as increasing competitive forces, expectations for successful performance of employees and organizations, and achieving business goals.

Greater New Orleans Area

• Oversees the contract life cycle for mid-size and large contracts. Reviews and interprets contract terms and conditions to ensure compliance by the school and its vendor. Provides interpretation, guidance and risk assessment for account management. Acts as expert interface with school and negotiates and resolves contractual and business related issues. Interfaces with legal counsel as necessary.• Reviews transactions relative to company policy, revenue recognition principles and applicable laws and provides expert opinion.• Oversees the preparation of and reviews, negotiates and executes, within authority level, contract amendments, and modifications.• Manages account specific, major subcontractor agreements. Drafts, reviews, negotiate and manages major subcontract.• Interfaces with internal procurement personnel to ensure vendor contract provisions have the appropriate work flow and are incorporated into vendor agreements and purchase orders.• Works with regional staff to ensure contractual requirements are met as determined by established deliverables. • Prepare, revise and manage all aspects of public funding process (federal and state grants) for the existing charters as well as additional schools associated with network growth. • Support Finance, Operations and Development personnel at the regional School Support Center, as well as School Leaders and Business & Operations Managers at schools to ensure successful and timely applications, compliance, and reporting, including the development of grant budgets as part of overall budget process. • Manage fiscal compliance to ensure that expenditures charged to grants match application budgets, with necessary documentation. • Coordinate internal communications/reports, including monthly documentation for the KNOS Board of Directors and regular communication with the Finance Team regarding restrictions.

Greater New Orleans Area

• Manage day-to-day operations with primary responsibility in the areas of finance, facilities, human resources and long-term strategic planning.• Manage the development of an annual budget and budget projections for strategic planning. Maintain and update fiscal calendar for all reporting deadlines including, but not limited to, audit schedule, 990 reporting, monthly close dates, and all required DESE reporting.• Manage all school-related financial activities, including but not limited to: Month-end close (credit cards, bank statements, payroll), Payroll, benefits, retirement administration, Purchasing and vendors, Cash management, Accounts receivable, accounts payable, bank reconciliations, misc. bookkeeping tasks, Monthly financial package to School Leader and Board of Directors

Juris Doctorate, Law

Mba, Business

Med, Special Education

Ba, Psychology