James D Bond

Jim Bond, Vice President of Collins & Company, specializes in budget, and appropriations issues. He joined the firm in April 1997, after serving for nearly 25 years on the staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations. Early in his career on the Hill, he worked on several appropriations subcommittees, but for the last 20 years he was either the Clerk and Staff Director (1/95 to 4/97 and 1/81 to 1/87) or the Minority Staff Director (1/87 to 1/95 and 3/77 to 1/81) of the Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Agencies, which provides funding for the US foreign aid program. Mr. Bond traveled extensively on Committee business in Europe, Russia, the Middle East, and Asia. He was primarily responsible for formulation of the Foreign Operations bill and report each fiscal year, and for developing and proposing the Subcommittee’s positions on matters under its jurisdiction. Mr. Bond is a veteran of the Vietnam War, having served in the infantry with the 101st Airborne Division, where he was awarded the Bronze Star and the Combat Infantryman’s Badge.