James D. Douglas is the Smithsonian’s director of Human Resources, a position he has held since 2004. In this position, Douglas supervises a staff of human resource specialists and support personnel in effectively implementing a comprehensive human capital program involving four separate employment systems for more than 6,000 employees in the Smithsonian Institution (federal civil service, Smithsonian trust fund employment system, Smithsonian Enterprises employment system and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute employment system).
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