Personal Information:

John McComish, a native of Youngstown, Ohio, graduated from Colgate University in 1965.  He spent the next 24 years climbing the corporate ladder with several Fortune 500 companies.  McComish was named National Sales Manager with Johnson & Johnson at the age of 35.

In 1989, he decided to leave the corporate world, moving to Arizona and opening a bookstore.  After 7 successful years as a small business owner, he closed the door of the bookstore and took over as President of the fledgling Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of commerce in 1996.  From that time until his retirement at the end of 2006, the Chamber grew from 64 members to over 650.   In addition to his Chamber responsibilities, McComish served on the City of Phoenix Planning Commission and has been Chair of the Ahwatukee Foothills Village Planning Committee.  Currently he is a part-time instructor with the Maricopa Community College system.

John McComish and Karen, his wife of 44 years, live in Ahwatukee where she is a teacher in the Kyrene School District.  They have 2 adult children and 3 grandchildren.

Representative McComish is serving his third term in the Legislature and currently serves as Majority Leader.  He is a member of the Rules Committee, the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, Legislative Council, and the Joint Committee on Capital Review.