John McKay

Vice President

John works with leaders worldwide to successfully implement healthy, high-performance cultures. He is highly skilled at helping leaders create a compelling vision and core values for their organization, and designing and implementing culture-shaping initiatives to achieve breakthrough results.

Since joining Senn Delaney in 1988, John has worked extensively with leadership and management teams of various companies across a broad spectrum of industries, including energy, quick service restaurants, telecommunications, insurance, retail, aerospace and manufacturing. Clients he has worked with include USAA, Burger King, McDonald's, Victoria's Secret Stores, Express, Novartis, AutoZone, CIGNA, Piedmont Natural Gas, T-Mobile, Boeing, and HealthPartners.

John was a key advisor to the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business in developing its Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) process that quickly raised them from 11th to 1st in national rankings. This groundbreaking approach in education has been adopted by other top business schools.

Prior to joining Senn Delaney, John organized and operated a successful tour company, developing, marketing and coordinating bilingual tours throughout the Intermountain West. He accompanied the governor of Utah to Tokyo to represent Utah tourism on an international trade mission, directly increasing the number of Japanese tourists to the Intermountain West. Before starting his tour company, John worked as a customer service representative for American Express, and coordinated the efforts of more than 200 church representatives throughout Southern Germany.

John earned his Bachelor of Arts in political science at the University of Utah and Master of Business Administration from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA.

John, his wife, Kathy, and their four daughters live in Sandy, Utah, just outside of Salt Lake City. He just became a proud grandfather to a beautiful, very energetic little boy. John loves family activities and enjoys reading, traveling, singing, and has an extensive music collection. His favorite sports include tennis, skiing, and horseback riding.