Kirsten Peterson, EDC senior project director and strategic business development leader, specializes in results-oriented facilitative leadership and partner cultivation. For clients (e.g., public health agencies, federal education agencies, state education agencies, districts, cultural institutions), she leads large-scale learning programs that use innovative instructional design, online learning, and interpersonal learning to improve the quality of education. One current professional focus is the ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI) as a catalyst for change.
Peterson is the principal investigator or lead professional developer of National Science Foundation projects, including Science Plus C. She works with teams across EDC and partners to secure grants, contracts, and fee-for-service funding to design learning environments that transform learning outcomes for people of all ages.
Peterson leads EDC’s AI Community of Practice, which examines AI-related issues and fosters continuous learning. She also advances EDC initiatives on mentoring and system building. She serves on the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Digital Learning Advisory Council.
Peterson holds an EdM in Technology in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.