Site Selection Advisory Group

F.J. McCarthy, CCIM, is President of the Site Selection Advisory Group and is a Principal of Genesis Real Estate Advisors. F.J. has been in the real estate business for over 35 years, specializing in retail and multifamily investing. In addition to his real estate activities, F.J. is a General Partner of Eastman Dillon Oil, which owns and operates three hundred and sixty-five oil and gas wells in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas.

A graduate of Fordham University Gabelli Business School, F.J. has a degree in finance and is a member of the CCIM Institute, where he has served on the National Designation Committee and is a former treasurer and vice president of the New York State Chapter.

F.J. is a Knight in Obedience in the Sovereign Order of Malta, a 950-year-old religious lay order. In 2022, he was appointed to a provisional government by Pope Francis for the Worldwide Order of Malta in Rome. In 2023, he was elected to the Sovereign Council, the governing body of the Order. In addition to his responsibilities in Rome, F.J. is the Magistral Delegate of the Order’s Irish Association, where he acts as co-chair of the governing board of the Order of Malta Irish Association.

He is a board member of Tomorrow’s Hope Foundation and a former Trustee of Catholic Charities for the Diocese of Rockville. F.J. served as Trustee of the Northwell Health System for over 20 years and, for the past 18 years, has been Chairman of South Shore University Hospital’s Community Board. His family has long been supporters of Maynooth University, and F.J. looks forward to continuing to support the university as they develop the new School of Nursing in collaboration with Northwell.

An avid boater and angler, F.J. enjoys golf and cooking but, most importantly, spending time with his family. F.J. resides with his wife, Kelly, in Bay Shore, New York. They have two children, Meaghan and Connor.

F.J.’s father was born in Dublin, and his grandfather was a captain of the Irish army.