The Community Blood Center of the Carolinas (CBCC) recently announced that it has hired Col. John McCain as its Chief Operations Officer.

McCain joins the CBCC team from Alabama where he served as Commander of the Ira C. Eaker Center for Professional Development at Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base. He brings more than 30 years extensive operational, strategic and international experience leading complex programs and teams of professionals to his new role at CBCC.

Before working at the Eaker Center, McCain served as Commander of the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps at the Maxwell AFB where he led 900 personnel in 144 geographically separated units across 47 states and Puerto Rico. He also served as Director of Staff at Air University and spent three years as Deputy Undersecretary of the Air Force International Affairs in the Pentagon.

McCain has a Master of Strategic Studies from Air University, a Master of Business Administration in Aviation from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and a Bachelor of Science in Administration Management from Clemson University.

About Community Blood Center of the Carolinas

The Community Blood Center of the Carolinas (CBCC) is a non-profit community-based blood center and the primary blood supplier to 21 regional hospitals, serving 16 North Carolina and three South Carolina counties. CBCC focuses exclusively on gathering red blood cells, platelets and plasma from volunteer donors to save local lives – every drop of blood collected remains here to help people in the Carolinas. CBCC is a member of America’s Blood Centers, North America’s largest network of community-based, independent blood centers providing more than 50% of the nation’s blood supply.

For more information on hosting a blood drive or donating blood in your area, visit www.cbcc.us or call 704-972-4700.

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