Pete is an innovative leader with a proven record of strong results in CEO, president and general management positions. His background includes high growth success in education and health care companies and multi-industry experience in the management-consulting sector. Pete holds a BA in Economics from DePauw University and an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business.

Pete's previous education experience was as President of National Heritage Academies (NHA), an education management company in the for-profit charter school industry. He led the development of the company strategy and recruited the management team to grow NHA from a start-up to a leading company in the industry. Revenues increased from $5 million to $215 million and during his eight years NHA became the first and only high growth company in the industry to achieve consistent and increasing profitability. His team grew the company from four schools and eighty employees in one state to fifty-one schools and 3,000 employees across five states. System-wide enrollment increased from 1,000 to nearly 28,000 students.