Bill James is the Assistant Administrator of the Office of International Affairs in the Food Safety and Inspection Service.

From June 2004 until his selection for this position James served as the Deputy Assistant Administrator of the Office of International Affairs in FSIS. He was the Executive Director for Public Health and Scientific Program Services within FSIS's Office of Public Health Science from 2003-04. From 1997-2003 he served as Director of FSIS's Zoonotic Diseases and Residue Surveillance Division.

James was Director of the Inspection Systems Development Division in FSIS's Office of Policy and Program Development from 1996-97. From 1990-96 he served as Director of the Slaughter Inspection Standards and Procedures Division in FSIS's [then] Office of Science and Technology. He began his federal career in 1983 in the Shenandoah Valley of western Virginia as a Supervisory Veterinary Medical Officer in FSIS's Office of Field Operations. From 1980-83 he worked as a Marine Biologist in the Gulf of Mexico for Louisiana's McNeese State University.

Karen Stuck, the previous Assistant Administrator of the Office of International Affairs, retired from that position following 35 years of federal service.