Chairman of the Board McCormick & Company, Inc. – Sparks, Maryland
Charles P. McCormick, Jr., is the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of McCormick & Company, Inc., an international producer of seasonings, flavorings, and specialty foods, headquartered in Sparks, Maryland. A lifetime resident of Baltimore, Mr. McCormick graduated from the Friends School and majored in Business Administration at Johns Hopkins and Duke Universities. He also holds an honorary doctorate in business administration in food service management from the Johnson and Wales University, Charleston, S.C. He joined McCormick & Company in 1949, and after holding a wide variety of positions along the corporate ladder was elected to the Corporate Board of Directors in 1955 and named President and Chief Executive Officer in 1987. Mr. McCormick serves on the Board of Directors of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers. He is a former Director of the Grocery Manufacturers Association, currently serves as a trustee of the Food Industry Crusade Against Hunger and is a National Associate of the Boys Clubs of America. Mr. and Mrs. McCormick reside in Phoenix, Maryland. “The customer is king and quality means doing it right the first time.”
