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Joe McCormack retired from executive search after 45 years as a recruiter in New York and Los Angeles. For 40 years he was self-employed, initially as the co-founder of McCormack & Farrow, then as the founding partner of McCormack + Kristel, the first openly LGBTQ-owned executive search firm in the country. McCormack + Kristel opened in Los Angeles during the AIDS pandemic in 1993 to address the need by emerging volunteer HIV/AIDS organizations for professional leadership.Before executive search, the author worked for the Young Presidents' Organization, Rockefeller Center, Inc. and American Heritage Publishing Company in New York. Trained as a public affairs officer at the Department of Defense Information School, Joe is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in English.Joe has been active on the Boards of the Palm Springs LGBTQ Center, Servicemembers Legal Defense Organization, the Point Foundation and the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN).Joe has had long term relationships with men and women, and he is the father of two adult daughters and the grandfather of two boys and a girl. Joe and his poet husband, who have been together for 30 years, make their home with their two dogs, Oliver and Gracie, in Palm Springs, California.
Joe shares an honest and touching tale of his journey as a bisexual recovering alcoholic-a son, husband, father and grandfather whose sobriety enabled him to make a valuable mark by helping others and building leadership in the AIDS and LGBTQ worlds. -Lorri Jean, Retired CEO Los Angeles LGBT Center Joe McCormack's sweeping memoir, Until the End is Known: A Bisexual Odyssey, describes in exposed detail his life's journey as a bisexual during the social change of the past 50 years, and his life's work in executive searches for LGBTQ and HIV organizations that helped lead that change for our people. -Jesse Milan, Jr., JD President & CEO, AIDS United Joe's Odyssey is shared with total honesty, allowing the reader to trust that he cherishes the truth, and that he stands tall today because he was able to embrace it. It was a privilege getting to know Joe as a bisexual Elder in recovery who gladly shares the wisdom he's discovered a step at a time. -Brian McNaught, Author On Being Gay and Gray
