Bruce Pasternack

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Bruce Pasternack (born September 20, 1947) is the President and CEO of the Special Olympics International, on the board of directors of BEA Systems, and recently retired after over 20 years as a Senior Vice President of Booz-Allen & Hamilton Inc., and the Managing Partner of the firm's organization and strategic leadership center and its offices in California.

Prior to this assignment, he led Booz-Allen's energy, chemicals and pharmaceuticals practice. He was with Booz-Allen from 1976 until 2005.

Mr. Pasternack holds degrees in Engineering and Operations Research from Cooper Union and University of Pennsylvania and currently sits on the Cooper Union board.

Mr. Pasternack's government service includes head of energy policy at the Federal Energy Administration, principal staff to the White House Energy Resources Council and the President's Council on Environmental Quality. He is a member of the Board of Directors of LifeSpring Home Nutrition and Special Olympics International, and serves on the Advisory Board of USC's Center for Effective Organizations.

Mr. Pasternack has also co-authored two business books, The Centerless Corporation which was published in 1998 and Results, published in 2005. The ideas introduced by the book Results are featured on the website www.orgdna.com.

Mr. Pasternack has three grown children - Joanne Pasternack Bardin (1974) who works in city government, Laura Pasternack (1976) who is a librarian, and Dan Pasternack (1981) who works in finance.