Academy Leadership Associates, LLC.
LTCOL JAMES L. VANCE, USMC (Ret)
Academy Leadership Associates, LLC
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Adjunct Faculty, University of Virginia & University of Richmond
Office: 540 899-2998/Email: jvance@alallc.us
James L. Vance

A graduate-level instructor and trainer in media relations, leadership communications and
organizational marketing to the international, national, state and local law enforcement, legal,
business and military communities, an adjunct faculty member of both the University of
Virginia and the University of Richmond, and a consultant on high visibility communications
issues, James L. (Jim) Vance’s career in public information and education spans nearly four
decades.

Prior to becoming an educator in 1992, Jim retired from the Marine Corps following over 21
years of active duty, 16 years of which were spent in both the national and international public
affairs arena.  He retired as head of the Media Branch at Headquarters, Marine Corps in
Washington D.C., where he was the Corps’ chief spokesman and media strategist.  Since his
retirement, Jim has served as communications advisor on a host of high-visibility events from
the terrorist attacks of 9/11 to the Washington D.C. area sniper shootings to working with the
New Orleans Police Department during post-Hurricane Katrina stabilization efforts.

Today, Jim travels extensively conducting workshops and seminars in venues both national
and international.  A partial list of agencies with whom he has worked and conducted training
include the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the Canadian Association of Chiefs of
Police, the National Sheriffs Association, the Major City Chiefs and the Major County Sheriffs,
the Marine Corps, the National Law Institute, numerous state District Attorneys associations,
the FBI National Academy Association, the Australian Institute of Police Management, and
local and regional government entities too numerous to list.

Jim holds a BA in Speech from Central Washington State University, an MA in Radio and
Television from Indiana’s Butler University, and an MA in Adult Learning and Human Resource
Development from Virginia Tech.  He is a graduate of the Marine Corps Command and
General Staff College and, at the time of his retirement from the Marine Corps, was a selectee
for the State Department’s prestigious Senior Seminar in International Relations.