Gregory C. Swinehart is the United States and North American managing partner of Deloitte's Forensic & Dispute Services practice. Swinehart has spent twenty two years providing specialized economic, operational and accounting consulting services to clients. Swinehart has been with Deloitte approximately fourteen years, and prior to that time, he was a partner in a boutique consulting firm. Before getting his MBA and starting in the consulting world, he was a product and process engineer at 3M. Swinehart has provided service to clients in a number of areas, including economic modeling, valuation, bankruptcy consulting and business process improvement. Swinehart has been quoted in a number of major publications, published professional articles, acted as an expert witness and has given numerous presentations to professional groups.
Darren K. Woods was appointed general director of the Fort Worth Opera in July of 2001. Under his leadership, the Fort Worth Opera has increased subscription and donor bases and has received rave reviews for production quality. Prior to his appointment in Fort Worth, he was the general director of the Shreveport Opera in Louisiana. While in Shreveport, Woods founded Shreveport Opera Express (SOX), a touring, arts-in-education program that involved school children working with professional artists. Darren K. Woods was appointed general director of the Seagle Music Colony in the summer of 1996 and continues today as the artistic director. Woods performed as a professional operatic tenor for twenty years prior to beginning his management positions in such venues as New York City Opera, Carnegie Hall, the Washington Opera, L'Opera Madrid, Opera Trieste, Seattle Opera, The Dallas Opera, Baltimore Opera and The Santa Fe Opera.
