Foster James (Jim) McCarl
As president and chief executive officer of The McCarl Group, LLC, Jim McCarl helps businesses and nonprofit organizations maximize their potential.
His success strategies were developed over a 30-year career at the helm of McCarl's Inc., a family-owned construction business. Under his leadership, the company's annual sales grew from $4M to $90M, placing it in the top tier of mechanical contractors in the United States. McCarl also was founder and CEO of Blackhawk Electric Construction, McCarl's Process Systems and Mercury Recovery Services.
Jim has taught classes on entrepreneurship at The Heinz Graduate School at Carnegie Mellon University, and has served on the boards of over a dozen business, professional, cultural and nonprofit organizations, including New Enterprise Stone and Lime Corp., Highmark Blue Cross of Pennsylvania, the Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence, the Mechanical Contractors Association of America, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Business Advisory Council. He is a past member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Pittsburgh, past President of the Pitt Alumni Association, the Chief Executives Organization, the World Presidents Organization and founder of Gateway Bank of Pennsylvania.
He has also had several articles appear in Contractor Magazine and NAPL Business Review.