SHARON CLAYTOR PETERS

SHARON CLAYTOR PETERS HAS SERVED FOR A DECADE AS PRESIDENT AND CEO OF MICHIGAN’S CHILDREN IN LANSING AND REMAINS A LEADER IN THE LANSING BRANCH OF THE MICHIGAN COALITION OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, AN ADVOCACY COALITION OF SOME SEVENTY CHILD-FOCUSED PRIVATE AGENCIES.

MS. PETERS PREVIOUSLY SERVED ON THE LANSING BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM 1994-2000 AND WAS PRESIDENT FOR 2 OF THOSE YEARS.

IN 1999 THE LANSING STATE JOURNAL NAMED PETERS TO THE “100 LEADERS FOR THE FUTURE.” SHE CURRENTLY SERVES ON THE ADVISORY BOARDS OF THE MICHIGAN PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF MSU, AND THE PUBLIC SPENDING OF LANSING AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.

A GRADUATE OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY HONORS COLLEGE, MS. PETERS IS ALSO A MEMBER OF PHI BETA KAPPA AND HOLDS A MASTER’S DEGREE IN MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY FROM MSU.