John J. McCormick III is the Senior Director of Operations at Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture. Previously, he served as a Board Member and the Director of Finance, Human Resources and Operations at Whitby School in Greenwich, CT. Prior to this, Mr. McCormick built a distinguished career in asset management and corporate finance as the President and Chief Investment Officer of Telos Asset Management, LLC. He also held positions at Tricadia Holdings LP, a multi-strategy hedge fund, GE Capital, Compagnie Financiere De Paribas, a French Investment Bank (now part of BNP Paribas) and J.P. Morgan & Company. Mr. McCormick received a B.S. from St. John’s University and an M.B.A. from the Stern School of Business at New York University. He has substantial experience on for profit and not for profit boards and has served on governance committees, finance committees and executive committees.

Mr. McCormick is a former member of the United States Marine Corps, having graduated as the honor man of Platoon 1077, MCRD Parris Island and served in Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marines, 4th Marine Division. Mr. McCormick and his wife Julie reside in Greenwich Connecticut and have two daughters, Isabella and Quynh Anh.