Dave McCormack serves as the Executive Director for the Tri-Cities Local Business Association. Mr. McCormack has 45 years of technical, management, and executive experience in developing business and providing services to government and commercial clients. He established McCormack Consulting in April 2018 where he provides strategic direction, risk assessment, and other consulting services. His clients include small and large businesses pursuing business opportunities at Hanford and across the Department of Energy complex.
Previously, as President of Dade Moeller & Associates, in Richland Washington, Mr. McCormack provided executive leadership and direction for the company’s operations, major projects, consulting, supporting services, and business development. He provided executive management of the company’s internal business services, including contracts, accounting, and human resources. During his 13 years with Dade Moeller, he also served as Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Business Development.
Mr. McCormack led Dade Moeller’s community support initiatives, actively engaged with United Way of Benton and Franklin Counties, the American Red Cross, Tri Cities Boys and Girls Club, the Mid-Columbia STEM Network, Columbia Basin College, and WSU Tri Cities. He supported CBC as a member of the Nuclear Technology Program Advisory Committee, and initiated Dade Moeller’s named-scholarships for STEM students.
Mr. McCormack was a founding member of the Regional Affairs Committee of the Tri Cities Regional Chamber of Commerce, and he was actively involved in development of the Chamber’s MyTr!2030 initiative. He served as Dade Moeller’s representative to TCLBA from 2007 to 2018. He was appointed Vice President of TCLBA in 2015 and served in that position until becoming Executive Director in 2019.
Prior to joining Dade Moeller, Mr. McCormack worked for 9 years with CH2M HILL, 7 years with Foster Wheeler Environmental, 13 years with Battelle at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and 2 years with Stone and Webster Engineering. His responsibilities broadly encompassed the fields of health physics; safety analysis; and environmental, occupational and operational safety. He has a BS in Nuclear Engineering from Oregon State University.