James M. Walker, Jr.
Director, Alabama Department of
Homeland Security
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Director Walker was born on October 5, 1959, at Fort Benning, Georgia. He is the oldest son of a career Army officer father and school teacher mother. His father’s family is from Tennessee, and his mother’s family is from both Alabama and Tennessee. He attended Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee, on an ROTC Scholarship, graduating in 1981 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration. He also holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the University of Oklahoma, and, in conjunction with an American Political Science Association Fellowship, studied Congress and Foreign Affairs at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington D.C.
Director Walker served in the Army from 1981-2001, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. An Infantry officer and Airborne Ranger, he served in both the 25th Infantry Division and the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).
His additional military assignments included service as aide-de-camp to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, operations briefer to General Colin Powell during Operation Desert Shield, aide to President Ronald Reagan, congressional fellow and legislative assistant to Congressman John Tanner from Tennessee, and congressional liaison officer for the Secretary of the Army.
After retiring from the Army, Director Walker worked in Washington, D.C. as a strategic consultant for a Houston-based company. His areas of emphasis included defense, transportation, and homeland security issues.
In May 2007, Director Walker became one of the first senior homeland security officials in the nation to complete the Executive Leadership Program offered by the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security in Monterey, California.
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