Mark
Peterson
President
and
Chief Executive Officer
Mark Peterson joined Lutheran
Social Service of Minnesota as president in January, 1987. Peterson was
born in Traverse City, Michigan. He earned a Masters of Social Work from
the University of Pennsylvania; a Masters of Divinity from the Lutheran
School of Theology in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and a Bachelor of Arts
from St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota. Prior to joining Lutheran
Social Service of Minnesota, Peterson was vice president of Lutheran
Social Services of Michigan where he was responsible for services and
facilities for developmentally disabled and older persons. He earlier held
a management position with Lutheran Social Services of Illinois. Peterson
has recently served as chair of the Board of Directors of Behavioral
Healthcare Providers, chair of the Bishop Election Committee for the
Minneapolis Area Synod of the ELCA, chair of the Task Force on Long Term
Care of the Minnesota Coalition on Health, and has served on various
faith-based and governmental task forces with respect to human service
delivery issues.
