Dr. Peterson specializes in executive coaching and team-based coaching with a focus on the development of leadership behaviors that characterize extraordinary leaders. Emphasizing leadership style, effective communication, and relationship building as critical building blocks to leadership success, she advises both senior and emerging leaders in firms such as Microsoft, Merrill Lynch, McDonalds, Juniper Networks, and State Farm, among others.
An alumna of the University of Southern California, Dr. Peterson is a business professor at the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. Her work has appeared in top business and psychology journals and she has presented her leadership ideas to a variety of audiences worldwide. Before entering academia and joining CRA, Dr. Peterson studied overseas at Oxford University (UK) and the University of Salamanca (Spain) and worked as a change management consultant for Andersen Consulting in Kansas City, MO.
A native of Newport Beach, California, Dr. Peterson now resides in Scottsdale, Arizona where she enjoys the many outdoor activities the valley provides.