Brett Sweet

Biography

As Northeastern University’s Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration, Brett Sweet is responsible for the financial stewardship of the university, human resources, facilities, capital planning, real estate, campus operations and auxiliaries, and enterprise information technology.

Prior to joining Northeastern, Sweet was the Vice Chancellor for Finance and Information Technology at Vanderbilt University. Previously he served as Dean of Administration and Finance of Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration at Baylor College of Medicine.

Earlier in his career, Sweet served as a principal with The Boston Consulting Group in the United States and in Europe, as well as a nuclear submarine officer in the U.S. Navy and Special Projects Officer for the National Security Agency.

Sweet, a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, earned a Master of Business Administration from Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration and a Master of Legal Studies from Vanderbilt Law School.

Sweet lives in Boston with his wife, Meredythe, and has two adult daughters.