James Callaway retired from AT&T on 1/1/2011 after 42 years with AT&T and the SBC/Southwestern Bell Companies. Callaway retired as Senior Executive Vice President-Executive Operations with AT&T. Callaway previously served as Group President-Merger Integration for SBC and was responsible for leading the merger integration and planning efforts for the transition between the former SBC Corp and the former AT&T Corp beginning in 2005. Callaway served in the same role for the SBC merger with Bell South and Cingular. He previously served as Group President for SBC’s International Operations, Directory Operations and Sterling Commerce.

Within the San Antonio community, Callaway served as Chairman of a number of local organizations including the Cancer Therapy and Research Center (CTRC), San Antonio Economic Development Foundation, the Free Trade Alliance, San Antonio Sports, Golf San Antonio (Valero Texas Open) and the Alamo Bowl. He has also served on the Boards of San Antonio Sports and Entertainment (Spurs), Frost Bank, Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce and St. Mary’s University.