Trista McCarthy

Trista McCarthy is a Partner at JM Search and co-leads the Firm’s Go-To-Market team. She has over 25 years of experience in executive search, human resources, and brand marketing. She focuses on recruiting C-Suite executives and Senior Leaders across the industrial and services sectors, with a functional specialization in marketing. Trista supports large public clients and mid-market private equity and Family office-backed businesses.

Prior to JM Search, Trista was a partner at Roberts and Ryan, a boutique retained executive search firm, where she recruited executives across industries and functions. She joined Roberts and Ryan from SGK, global marketing, and brand delivery firm, where she built out a fully-scaled global talent acquisition delivery program as VP of Global Talent Acquisition. Before SGK, she held leadership roles at Maddock Douglas, an innovation consulting firm, and the Encore Group, a marketing-focused executive search firm. Trista began her career in marketing, strategy, and account management, holding roles in the advertising, technology, and nonprofit sectors.