James D. White has been a director on the board of Adtalem Global Education since June 2015.

In 2016, he retired from his role as chairman, president and CEO of Jamba, Inc., where he successfully led the company turnaround and the transformation of Jamba Juice from a made-to-order smoothie shop to a healthy active lifestyle brand with over 850 retail locations globally. Prior to Jamba, Inc., Mr. White served as senior vice president of consumer brands at Safeway, Inc. from 2005 to 2008. Prior to Safeway, he served as senior vice president of business development, North America at The Gillette Company, Inc. and held several positions at Nestlé Purina, including vice president, customer interface group. Mr. White began his career at the Coca-Cola Company. He serves as the executive chairman of Bradshaw International and as a member of the board of Callidus Cloud and Panera Bread. Mr. White previously served as a director of Jamba, Inc., Daymon Worldwide, Inc., Hillshire Brands Company and Keane Inc.

He received his MBA from Fontbonne University and holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Missouri, Columbia.