Linda James
Linda James joined the Peace Corps OIG in November of 2023 as a Senior Special Agent. Linda spent the previous 10 years at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms (ATF) as a Special Agent, covering crimes involving arsons, explosives, firearms trafficking and outlaw motorcycle gang investigations. Linda began her Law Enforcement career in 2005 as a Federal Air Marshal deterring and countering the risk of terrorist activity by protecting commercial passenger flights from high jackings and other transportation infrastructure crimes. She also worked on several task forces related to national security. Linda was born and raised in Bogotá, where she endured the regime of Pablo Escobar and his reign of terror in Colombia, which engendered her passion for law enforcement. She is a graduate from Tufts University in Boston, and is fluently trilingual in Spanish, French and English.