Community Outreach

Clifford Swint

As a Director for ESS, Clifford (Cliff) Swint brings a broad range of business and leadership experience from various industries, as well as a long track record as a champion for diversity, equality and opportunity. He leads the ESS Board’s Diversity and Community Engagement Committee. Cliff currently serves as executive vice president of MFR Securities, Inc. Prior to joining MFR, he headed the banking team at Blaylock Robert Van, LLC, another leading diversity securities firm. He also held leadership positions RBC Capital Markets and Prudential Insurance. Before his Wall Street career, Cliff was a design engineer for Westinghouse Defense and worked on projects such as the fire control systems for the B1 Bomber and F-16 Fighter. Cliff is a Chartered Financial Analyst and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, a Master of Science degree in computer science from Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Lafayette College.
As a Director for ESS, Clifford (Cliff) Swint brings a broad range of business and leadership experience from various industries, as well as a long track record as a champion for diversity, equality and opportunity. He leads the ESS Board’s Diversity and Community Engagement Committee. Cliff currently serves as executive vice president of MFR Securities, Inc. Prior to joining MFR, he headed the banking team at Blaylock Robert Van, LLC, another leading diversity securities firm. He also held leadership positions RBC Capital Markets and Prudential Insurance. Before his Wall Street career, Cliff was a design engineer for Westinghouse Defense and worked on projects such as the fire control systems for the B1 Bomber and F-16 Fighter. Cliff is a Chartered Financial Analyst and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, a Master of Science degree in computer science from Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Lafayette College.