User:Maurice Sweeney

Taking the life lessons learned from growing up as the son of dairy farmers, teachers and community leaders, Maurice Sweeney has spent the better part of 30 years as a community business leader, farmer and advocate of the disadvantaged and disenfranchised. Mr. Sweeney, a graduate Eastern Kentucky University with a degree in Sociology and Political Science has dedicated his life to the service of Kentuckians by serving on more than 30 state, regional and local boards and commissions, including leading the negotiations for the desegregation of the Jefferson County Public Schools, a 7 year stint from 1977-1985 with the Kentucky Commission of Human Rights and four years of service with the Kentucky Department of Transportation Cabinet from 1992-1996. While serving on those state boards, Mr. Sweeney created and implemented the Kentucky State Government and Trainee Program. (1995) to better prepare state employees to handle the various responsibilities of their duties. Mr. Sweeney has also experience success in the private sector as an officer with National City Bank (1985-1992) as well as being CEO of Sweeney Enterprises 1998-2003 and presently the head of United Construction & Design Group, Inc., a land surveying and DBE consulting company. Mr. Sweeney has served on the boards of Wednesday’s Child, American Red Cross, and Citizens for Better Judges, Center for Women and Families, the executive committee of the Hispanic/Latino Business Council, NAACP and Greater Louisville Inc. Mr. Sweeney is also a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Mr. Sweeney attributes much of his work-ethic and his ability to multitask to his experiences on his beloved 324 acre family farm which he watched his father, Dr P.O Sweeney, from Casey County, was a Pullman porter, a teacher, principal, dairy and tobacco, famer and nationally known dentist operate a 300 acre farm who died in 1960. His mother, Susa Sweeney of Trigg County, who also was an educator, teaching home economics in Christian and Madison Counties in Kentucky, raised four children and countless neighborhood children teaching the importance of faith, family and farm. She maintained the family farm and the family after the untimely death of her husband in 1960. As he gained more responsibility on the farm, he learned core values of character, care for the planet, being his brother’s keeper, and of course, frugalness as he is a pro-family, pro-business common sense candidate to represent the Commonwealth. Mr. Sweeney hopes his campaign for U.S. Senate inspires others across the state and our great nation to challenge incumbents whose leadership has become outdated, insensitive or ineffective. The time is now.

Some Career Highlights •   Kentucky Signage Commission •   Created and founded the State of Kentucky’s Government Management Trainee Program    1995 •   Jefferson County Co-chair for Brereton Jones’ Campaign for Governor and Lieutenant Governor •   Co-Founder and Vice Chairman of the Metropolitan Housing Coalition •   Courier-Journal 2000 Forum Fellow •   Led negotiations for Jefferson County Public Schools’ 1984 desegregation plan •   1985 Leadership Louisville graduate (Youngest Graduate) •   Metro United Way MVP Award 1986 •   President, NAACP •   NAACP Ministerial Outstanding Citizen Award •   Chairman of the Park DuValle Community Health Center, Louisville, KY •    DBE consultant for Section One of the $4.1 billion Louisville Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges -Project 2004-Present

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