Patricia Peterson has over 25 years of experience as a nurse, attorney, and foundation executive with a strong background in foundation management and fundraising. Peterson formerly served as President and CEO of the Colorado Cancer Research Program, President and CEO of the Kempe Foundation for the Treatment and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect in Denver, as Executive Director of the Rocky Mountain Children’s Health Foundation in Denver, and as President and CEO of the Memorial Health System Foundation in Colorado Springs. She received her nursing degree from Stanford University Medical Center in California, and her law degree from the University of Baltimore School of Law in Maryland. She is a member of the Maryland, Delaware and Colorado Bar Associations, and has practiced law in all three states.