Terry K. Peterson

Former United States Secretary of Education Dick Riley calls Terry “the king of afterschool.” Terry helps develop strategies, partnerships, and workshops on comprehensive education reforms and expanded learning opportunities. Terry chairs the Afterschool Alliance and serves on committees for the National Alliance for Excellence in Education, National School Boards Association, National Center for Summer Learning, and Foundations, Inc. He has worked internationally in Argentina, Mongolia, Brazil, Northern Ireland, China, and Ireland.

While holding senior state and federal positions, Terry helped develop numerous education policies and funding streams. At the federal level, these included: the 21st Century Community Learning Centers, E-rate, and teacher and technology quality grants. At the state level, these included: four-year child development programs; statewide teacher recruitment center; school, teacher, and principal incentive pay programs; innovation funds for teachers and schools; and arts in the basic curriculum.