William E. Peterson

William E. ‘Rick’ Peterson serves as Director of Non-Real Estate Assets (and as Chairman of its Investment Board) for the Peterson Companies. As such, Rick oversees a broad array of financial securities, private equity positions and multiple lines of businesses owned by the company outside of its real estate interests. Rick’s career at Peterson Companies includes roles as financial analyst, Residential Development Project Manager, CFO (1995 – 2003) and Sr. V.P. of Asset Management (2003 – 2009) overseeing the companies’ portfolio of Income Producing Properties. In 2010, Rick co-founded Vizuri Health Sciences LLC.

Rick served on the Board of Cardinal Financial Services Corporation, a $4 Billion regional bank, for 12 years and has been an active board member of many regional and global non-profit groups.

Mr. Peterson received a BA in Economics from Middlebury College and an MBA from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management.