John C. Cushman III, chairman of the board of commercial real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield, has been named chairman of alternative asset investment manager Rock Creek Capital.
Rock Creek Capital is an alternative asset management firm which invests in resource-rich land.
“I am excited to be working with the principals of Rock Creek Capital,” says Cushman. “The coming scarcity of water and arable land affects the entire world. Although I have mainly worked in the commercial real estate industry, my experiences as a director of the National Park Foundation and as a former trustee of the Urban Land Institute have given me the background to see that the next logical step for real estate investment is to utilize and preserve land in an environmentally responsible manner. Rock Creek Capital has a 15-year track record of success and I believe is well positioned to capitalise on a unique opportunity in an asset class that is burgeoning and uncorrelated to other markets.”
Cushman recently served as national president of the Boy Scouts of America and president of the Boy Scouts of America Foundation. He is a director of the National Park Foundation, a director of the Real Estate Roundtable, and a former trustee of the Urban Land Institute.
Additionally, Cushman serves as trustee emeritus of Colgate University and as an honorary member of the board of fellows of Claremont University Center where he was formerly a director of its Graduate School. He is a member of the Colorado University Boulder College of Business Advisory Board and a former member of the advisory council of the University of Southern California LUSK Center for Real Estate.
