In 2013, President Barack Obama appointed James as a member of the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC). In January 2015, she was named to the second-highest role on the committee as Vice Chair of NSTAC.[5]
In 2011, James began serving as a non-executive director on the Vodafone Group Plc Board of Directors and is a member of the Remuneration Committee.
James serves on the board of Sabre Corporation and is a member of their Audit and Technology Committee.[6]
On December 16, 2015, James was elected to Oracle's board of directors.[7]
James serves on the board of Citigroup and is a member of the Operations & Technology and Risk Management Committees.[8][9]
She served 6 years as independent director on the VMware Inc. Board of Directors and was a member of the Audit Committee.[10]
She is a member of the C200.