Richard S. Swartz
Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
Richard S. Swartz was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer on January 1, 2017. He also serves as Chair on the Company’s internal executive committee. He began his career in field operations, and subsequently served in a variety of senior management positions including as the Vice President of our subsidiary Sturgeon Electric’s C&I division, Vice President of Sturgeon Electric’s T&D - Midwest division, Group Vice President C&I and T&D - West, and MYR Group’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for six years, preceding his CEO appointment. Mr. Swartz has held a number of additional positions since he joined us in 1982, and was instrumental in the development and inception of project management and productivity improvement programs as well as in the formulation of several corporate safety initiatives.