Senator John Sununu represented New Hampshire in the U.S. Congress for 12 years, including six years as the youngest member of the United States Senate.  With a background in engineering and finance, he leveraged his positions on the Commerce and Banking Committees to shape public policy on telecommunications, spectrum allocation, internet freedom, financial service regulation, and insurance.  Today, he serves as Chairman for the Americas at Lloyds of London, as a director at Boston Scientific, and Senior Advisor at TAP Investments.  He also serves on the Boards of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute and the American University of Beirut.

Richard N. Swett was nominated by President Clinton to be Ambassador to Denmark in 1998 where he presented his credential to H.M. Queen Margrethe II. He served in this position until 2001. Her Majesty bestowed the Grand Croix of the Order of the Dannebrog (Danish knighthood) on Ambassador Swett.

Prior to his role as Ambassador to Denmark, Richard Swett represented the 2nd Congressional District of New Hampshire from 1991-1995, serving on the Committees on Public Works and Transportation; Science, Space and Technology; the U.S. Congressional Delegation for Relations with the European Parliament and the Congressional Human Rights Caucus.

Ambassador Swett’s business experience encompasses architectural design, project management, corporate management, project development, and finance. He has developed and financed Independent Clean Power plants in the Northeast, as well as consulted on energy technology projects and assisted with financing in the Eastern and Central European countries of Romania, Turkey, and Hungary. He has been a licensed architect in the states of California and New Hampshire and currently is the CEO and co-founder of Climate PROSPERITY Enterprise Solutions, LLC, a project development firm using proprietary software methodology to model and build integrated Sustainable Solar Communities in emerging markets in Africa and the USA by combining architecture, energy, and enterprise economics.

Ambassador Swett holds positions on numerous corporate boards including the position of Co-Chair of the New Hampshire Special Committee on Voter Confidence, appointed by Secretary of State Scanlan to report on the public’s concerns about voting practices.