Place 8: Term ends in 2012, Secretary

James McGuffee was elected to the Board of Trustees in 2006 and currently serves as Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Austin Community College District.

Since 2000, Dr. McGuffee has been a member of the faculty in the Department of Computer Sciences at St. Edward's University. From 2005-2008, he served as Department Head. He is the author of numerous published academic papers and is a member of the south-central regional steering committee of the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges (CCSC). Prior to joining the faculty at St. Edward's University, Dr. McGuffee was an associate professor and an assistant dean at Austin Community College.

James is a member of the South Austin Civic Club. He serves as an elder at Central Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). James is also a member of the board of directors of the Texas Bible Chair Foundation. He previously served as a volunteer on ACC's South Austin Community Advisory Committee from 2002-2006.

James was a member of the first graduating class of the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts. He received his B.S. in computer science from Louisiana Tech University. He received his Ph.D. from Louisiana State University where he majored in computer science and minored in speech communication.