Mr. Sweeney spent 22 years with McKinsey & Company, the international management consulting firm, where he was a senior partner. During his years with McKinsey, he consulted with clients in the High Tech, Entertainment, Energy, Engineering & Construction, Health Care, and Internet Commerce industries. Leadership roles at McKinsey included the Global Internet practice, Southern California High Tech Practice, North American Recruiting and opening and leading McKinsey’s Orange County, California office. As an independent consultant since 2003, he has served the leaders of large and mid-sized companies on issues of leadership, strategy, board governance, management team effectiveness, organization and change management.

Mr. Sweeney currently serves on three corporate boards:

• Plum Healthcare, a California-based provider of skilled nursing, rehabilitation, and broader post-acute services

• C.J. Segerstrom & Sons, a large, privately-held real estate and retailing company, in Costa Mesa, California

• Vodori, a provider of software tools and services to the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, based in Chicago.

Mr. Sweeney received his undergraduate degree in economics from Princeton, and then served for four years in the U.S. Army as a Field Artillery officer, earning both Airborne and Ranger qualifications. He received his M.B.A., with distinction, from Harvard Business School. He is a cofounder and serves as board chair for the Rising Tide transitional Housing Program in Orange County, which provides housing and transition services for youth emancipating at age 18 from the foster care system. He serves on the board of the South Coast region of Young Life, a non-denominational Christian youth organization. He is a member of the Chancellor’s Chief Executive Roundtable at UC Irvine, where he chairs the Program Committee and serves as a member of the Steering Committee. He also serves on the board of UCI Applied Innovation, the university’s center for technology transfer and support for entrepreneurial ventures.