John C. Cushman III (1941 – May 4, 2023) was an American real estate executive.
He was the chairman of global transactions and chairman of the board of Cushman & Wakefield, a global real estate services firm founded by his grandfather, J. Clydesdale Cushman and great-uncle, Bernard Wakefield.
[4] Cushman was a commissioner of the California Commission for Jobs and Economic Growth, a board member of the California Region I Homeland Security Advisory Council, and a trustee of the Urban Land Institute.
He served on the boards of The Real Estate Roundtable; Town Hall and the World Affairs Council of Los Angeles; the Institute of International Education, New York City; the University of Southern California’s LUSK Center for Real Estate; Colgate University, Hamilton, New York; University of Colorado Boulder Business School; Fellows of Claremont University Center; and the National Park Foundation.
Cushman Realty Corporation, Inglewood Park Cemetery, La Quinta Corporation, and La Quinta Properties, Inc.[citation needed] In 2015, Cushman donated $300,000 to Right to Rise, a Super PAC supporting Jeb Bush's presidential candidacy.