James Wilson currently serves as the Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Operations for the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM), Department of Energy (DOE). In this role, he oversees FECM’s Offices of Communications; Workforce Management and Administration; Environmental, Safety, Security, and Health (ESS&H); Budget and Financial Management; Cyber Security and Information Management; Strategic Planning; and Emergency Response. 

Wilson has more than 30 years of management and finance experience in the energy industry, including serving as president of Wholesale and Retail Energy Trading Businesses within PJM Interconnection, corporate controller for a public electric utility and working as a management consultant in the energy industry and as an auditor with a Big Four accounting firm. Wilson holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Saint Vincent College and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh.