Engineering Executive Peter K. Sweeney Joins Manhattan College’s Board Of Trustees

The college taps vice president of Parsons Brinckerhoff to join its impressive board.

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Marlboro, N.J., resident Peter K. Sweeney, vice president at Parsons Brinckerhoff, has recently been elected to Manhattan College’s Board of Trustees. Parsons Brinckerhoff is a leading global engineering, construction management and operations management firm. He also serves as program director for the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, the sponsor of a $1.6 billion initiative to design and construct new primary and secondary schools in Newark, N.J., in addition to renovating existing ones.

Sweeney, who graduated in 1964 from the College with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, has over four decades of leadership experience in engineering and construction. He has won several professional awards, including a United States Navy Commendation Medal and a Port Authority of New York and New Jersey World Trade Center Award for Exceptional Service.

Throughout his career, he has served in various positions – supervising engineer, project manager and division manager – at a variety of top firms in addition to U.S. Navy combat construction projects. Sweeney also served as engineering program manager for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and vice president of New York City School Construction Authority.

The engineering veteran holds a number of advanced degrees, including a doctorate and master’s in public administration from the Robert F. Wagner School at New York University and master’s degrees from Manhattan and NYU.

Sweeney joins Dennis J. Dirks, former president of the Depository Trust and Clearing Corp. and Kenneth A. Rathgeber, executive vice president and head of risk oversight at Fidelity Investments, as the newest member of the College’s board of trustees. They were elected in July.

Manhattan College, founded in 1853, is an independent, Catholic, coeducational institution of higher learning offering more than 40 major programs of study in the areas of arts, business, education, engineering and science, as well as graduate programs in education and engineering.