I'm John O'Korn — a Huntingdon County native who builds people, programs, platforms, and places. Quarterback turned founder, on a mission to see Central Pennsylvania flourish.
Teammates, youth, communities of faith. The work that mattered most has always been about people first — from the locker room to Team IMPACT to home.
Bible studies, civic initiatives, nonprofit boards, and the systems that let good things scale and outlast the person who started them.
Companies built from nothing — product, brand, capital, and team. Brevity, Standing Stone Storytellers, When You Fast, West Village Ventures.
A native son's commitment to Huntingdon, Raystown Lake, and the prosperity of Central Pennsylvania — the place that made me.
"Do it now, or risk never doing it." John O'Korn
Native son of Huntingdon. The road from Raystown Lake to Florida, Houston, Michigan, New York — and back home again.
Read the story →State champion. AAC Rookie of the Year. Quarterback at Houston, Michigan, and a stint with the New York Giants.
See the career →West Village Ventures, Standing Stone Storytellers, Brevity, and When You Fast — platforms built from the ground up.
View the work →Selected features and coverage — from the football years through the ventures and the work back home.
Read the coverage →Follow the journey.
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