Ralph James

Ralph James retired from Harvard Business School in 2018. From 2010-2018 he served as Executive Director, University Relations, Executive Director of External Relations and Executive Director of Executive Education. Ralph received his BA from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1977, and his MBA from Harvard in 1982. Over the next 15 years, he held several different positions at HBS in the areas of Executive Education, MBA admissions, major gift fundraising, finally serving as Associate Dean and Senior Executive Officer under Deans McArthur and Clark. In 1996, Ralph left HBS to join the First Marblehead Corporation, as Chief Marketing Officer, becoming Chief Operating Officer in 1998 and President in 2000 prior to the company going public in 2003 (NYSE:FMD). In 2005, Ralph stepped down from his role as Vice Chairman to return to HBS.