Joseph A McCormack

Joe McCormack retired from executive search after 45 years as a recruiter in New York and Los Angeles. For 40 years he was self-employed, initially as the co-founder of McCormack & Farrow, then as the founding partner of McCormack + Kristel, the first openly LGBTQ-owned executive search firm in the country. McCormack + Kristel opened in Los Angeles during the AIDS pandemic in 1993 to address the need by emerging volunteer HIV/AIDS organizations for professional leadership.Before executive...See more

Joe McCormack retired from executive search after 45 years as a recruiter in New York and Los Angeles. For 40 years he was self-employed, initially as the co-founder of McCormack & Farrow, then as the founding partner of McCormack + Kristel, the first openly LGBTQ-owned executive search firm in the country. McCormack + Kristel opened in Los Angeles during the AIDS pandemic in 1993 to address the need by emerging volunteer HIV/AIDS organizations for professional leadership.Before executive search, the author worked for the Young Presidents' Organization, Rockefeller Center, Inc. and American Heritage Publishing Company in New York. Trained as a public affairs officer at the Department of Defense Information School, Joe is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in English.Joe has been active on the Boards of the Palm Springs LGBTQ Center, Servicemembers Legal Defense Organization, the Point Foundation and the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN).Joe has had long term relationships with men and women, and he is the father of two adult daughters and the grandfather of two boys and a girl. Joe and his poet husband, who have been together for 30 years, make their home with their two dogs, Oliver and Gracie, in Palm Springs, California. See less