Karen A. Sweeney

Director

Ms. Sweeney was elected to our Board of Directors in June 2024. She first joined Turner Construction Company (“Turner”), an international construction services company, in 1980 as a field engineer. Throughout her tenure, she worked in estimating and engineering, special projects, and project management on a number of commercial construction projects throughout the U.S. In 2000, she was appointed as vice president and general manager of the Cleveland business unit, taking on the responsibilities of overseeing both field and business development operations. She was the first woman to head a Turner office. In 2009, she was named Turner’s vice president of diversity and inclusion, and in 2014 was promoted to senior vice president, inclusion and community. She has served as a director of the Penn State Engineering Alumni Society since 2004 and served as its president from 2012 to 2014. Ms. Sweeney is also a founding member of In Counsel With Women, a professional network for women in Northeast Ohio, and a member of the Society of Women Engineers.