James Stewart

James Stewart is the Secure Community Network (SCN) Community Security Director for the Greater New Orleans Jewish Federation (GNOJF). In this role, Mr. Stewart serves as a security advisor, liaison, and training coordinator to provide direction and ensure the development, organization, implementation, and monitoring of the greater New Orleans area Jewish community security operations and program. This includes providing guidance and strategic direction to ensure the safety and security of all member institutions of the community and surrounding region. He also serves as a liaison during crisis response and mitigation efforts and coordinates on behalf of SCN with federal, state, and local law enforcement, non-profit, public, private, and other stakeholder organizations in the region on community safety and security matters.

Mr. Stewart is a New Orleans-based security professional with more than 38 years of law enforcement experience. Before joining SCN in 2021, Mr. Stewart served with the FBI for 21 years, including assignments and handling FBI programs in New York and Central Louisiana. In 2004, Mr. Stewart was promoted to supervisor at the FBI’s Counter-terrorism Center. He also served as a detailee to the CIA in Islamabad, Pakistan. In 2007, Mr. Stewart was promoted to Resident Agent in Charge of NW Florida. Before joining the FBI, Mr. Stewart served with New Orleans Police Department for 13 years with patrol, street crimes, narcotics, homicide, and a joint FBI/NOPD fugitive task force. Following his retirement in 2016 from the FBI, Mr. Stewart was a police chief in Hammond, Louisiana, for two years, managing 100 officers and staff with a $9.25 million budget. Mr. Stewart was also an NCAA Division II football official for ten years. In 2017, the SE Criminal Justice Professors Association presented Mr. Stewart with a Professional of the Year Award. Mr.

Stewart’s hobbies include photography, motorcycles, and reading. Mr. Stewart holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Loyola University, New Orleans. Mr. Stewart is a police instructor and was a member of the FBI’s evidence response team. He is a certified criminal and financial analyst and public information officer.