F.J. McCarthy, CCIM, is President of the Site Selection Advisory Group; a Long Island based real estate development and investment company. Mr. McCarthy has been engaged in the real estate business on Long Island for the past 18 years.

Mr. McCarthy is the product of 16 years of Catholic Education. After attending St. Agnes Elementary School in Rockville Centre and St. Pious X Preparatory seminary in Uniondale, he received his degree in finance from Fordham University. He is a Certified Commercial Investment Member of the CCIM Institute of Chicago. He has served on the National Designation Committee and is currently Vice President of the New York State Chapter. He is a licensed Real Estate Broker in New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts. He is a designated Realtor and a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers. He is also a board member of the Long Island University Real Estate Practitioners Institute and has lectured at the Nassau Academy of Law.

Mr. McCarthy is a trustee of Catholic Charities for the Diocese of Rockville Centre. HE serves on the Executive Committee, Governance and Leadership Committee and is chairman of the Development Committee. He is a trustee of Southside Hospital in Bay Shore, NY, and affiliate of the North Shore- LIJ Health System; He is chairman of the Long Range Planning committee and serves on the Executive, Finance and Development Committees.

Mr. McCarthy resides in Bay Shore with his wife Kelly and two children Meaghan and Connor. He is active at his home parish of St. Patrick's where he is a Eucharistic Minister and he has served on the Finance and Pastoral Councils. He will start serving as a member of St. Patrick School Board beginning September 2005