F. James McCarl,
President/Chief Executive Officer The McCarl Group, LLC

F. James (Jim) McCarl is a nationally known entrepreneur and business leader. As president and chief executive officer of The McCarl Group, LLC, 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 1000%, 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.

McCarl 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 member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Pittsburgh, President of the Pitt Alumni Association, the Chief Executives Organization, the World Presidents Organization and is Chairman of the Board of Gateway Bank of Pennsylvania.

McCarl's civic leadership has been recognized with numerous awards, including the University of Pittsburgh Distinguished Alumnus Award and the ARC Beaver County Chapter Distinguished Community Service Award. In 2002, he received the Community Champion Award for Western Pennsylvania.

If you'd like more information on Jim's professional and academic background, download a .pdf of his curriculum vitae.

Affiliations

Jim McCarl is a long-standing member of the Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA). The McCarl Group enthusiastically supports the efforts of the MCAA to further drive the success of contractors.

Our seminars are nationally recognized workshops of the MCAA National Education Initiative (NEI).

Most recently, The McCarl Group has been engaged by the Mechanical Contracting Education & Research Foundation (MCERF) to investigate the special educational needs and challenges of smaller mechanical contracting firms.