James Hinchman

Deputy Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer; National Academy of Sciences. Former General Counsel, National Academy of Sciences; Deputy Executive Officer, National Research Council. Former positions with U.S. General Accounting Office: Principal Assistant Comptroller General; Deputy General Counsel; General Counsel; Special Assistant to the Comptroller General; Acting Deputy Comptroller General. Former Associate General Counsel, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Deputy Associate Director for Labor, Veterans and Education, U.S. Office of Management and Budget; increasingly responsible positions with U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, ending as Associate General Counsel.