About Us

The McCormick Group, Inc. is a national executive search consulting firm and the largest independent executive search firm in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Since 1974, they have delivered highly-qualified candidates to fill their clients’ needs for strategic hires from mid-management to the executive suite across all functional disciplines. Clients rely on them as partners to fill their critical needs for talent at all levels. As a result, over 70% of their engagements come from prior and continuing clients.

The McCormick Group offers clients a full range of human capital services: retained and contingent executive searches for executive/manager positions; human resources strategic planning and consulting; compensation studies and surveys; management succession consulting and restructuring; and outplacement consulting. These services are designed to provide maximum flexibility in the development of relationships, pricing, and customized service offerings for clients.

ACHIEVEMENTS

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We partner with organizations to understand and define their vision of what a new hire must accomplish to be successful. We take a comprehensive approach to source, find, and evaluate talent. Finally, we execute the job offer, negotiation, and acceptance.

We connect with candidates to discover their motivations for a career change. We learn what their expertise and abilities are and how it may solve our client’s needs. We prep for interview, provide feedback, and ease steps during offer and acceptance.

We facilitate the entire hiring process for both sides. The best outcomes occur when the fit is right for both the employer and employee.

Solutions And Expertise

Solutions
  • Board Services
  • Executive Search
  • Mgmt. Consulting
  • Onboarding
  • Recruitment Research
  • Succession Planning
Industries
Functions
  • CEO/President
  • Development
  • Finance/Accounting
  • General Management
  • Human Resources
  • Information/Digital
  • Marketing & Sales
  • Research & Develop.

News Briefings

Lambda Legal Taps Two Search Firms to Find New CEO

New York-based Lambda Legal has retained the services of LGBTQ search firm McCormack+Kristel and WB&B, an executive search firm focused on diversity and inclusion, to lead its search for a new CEO. Lambda Legal, a non-profit, is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and everyone living

When to Turn to an Executive Search Firm

Employers typically use an executive search firm when a top job opening is important enough, senior enough and when discretion is at a premium. There are times when your gut simply says that a C-level executive opening will be tough to fill. Sometimes a start-up has hit the hockey-stick inflection point in its growth and needs

McCormick Group Seeks COO for Steptoe & Johnson

The McCormick Group, an Arlington, VA-based executive recruitment firm, has been enlisted to find the next chief operating officer for the international law firm Steptoe & Johnson. Stephen Nelson, executive principal, and Cassie Battle, principal, are leading the assignment for the search firm. Steptoe & Johnson, based in Washington, D.C., wants an experienced management professional

With Hiring in Full Swing, Job Seekers Remain in Control

Low unemployment and high demand for talent is feeding a recruiting environment where job seekers and new employees are more and more in control. CareerBuilder and SilkRoad have released the results of a new joint survey identifying job seekers’ and new employees’ expectations for hiring and onboarding. It is eye opening to say the least. Candidates today have higher

Press Releases

DP Facilities, Inc. Hires New Senior Vice President of Sales to Lead its Rapidly Growing Commercial Segment

ASHBURN, VA. April 23, 2019 – DP Facilities, Inc., owner and operator of Mineral Gap, the 65,000-square-foot, Tier III Uptime Institute data center located in Wise, Virginia, announced today that it has hired industry veteran Jhoan Checo as its new Senior Vice President of Sales. Prior to joining DP Facilities, Mr. Checo spent three years

Kamran Khan Joins IMRI as Senior Vice President of Federal Programs

WASHINGTON, D.C., MAY 01, 2018 – Information Management Resources, Inc. (IMRI) (http://www.imri.com), an industry leader and one of the fastest growing cybersecurity and information technology businesses in the country, welcomes Mr. Kamran Khan as its Senior Vice President of Federal Programs. Based in IMRI’s Washington, DC office, Mr. Khan will lead IMRI’s strategic growth initiatives

TMG Places Leading Immigration Law Partner with Quarles & Brady

ARLINGTON, VA, September 8, 2016 — The McCormick Group is pleased to have assisted in the placement of Peter F. Asaad as Partner with Quarles & Brady LLP. Peter F. Asaad focuses on representing corporate clients and individuals on all business-related and employment-based visa matters. He represents U.S. companies and multinational corporations in helping manage their employees’ employment

TMG Places Senior Government Relations Director with Arent Fox

ARLINGTON, VA, July 22, 2016 — The McCormick Group is pleased to have assisted in the placement of Sonja L. Nesbit as Senior Government Relations Director with Arent Fox LLP. Sonja L. Nesbit joins the firm from the Department of Health and Human Services, where she served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Legislation for Human Services.

TMG Places Group VP with Social & Scientific Systems

ARLINGTON, VA, July 8, 2016 — The McCormick Group is pleased to have assisted in the placement of Dr. Paul Gorrell as Vice President of the Health Policy and Data Analysis Group with Social & Scientific Systems. Dr. Paul Gorrell is the former Vice President of IMPAQ International’s Health Division and the director of Quality Assurance,