Managing Partner
Mr. Peterson directs global issues management and advocacy campaigns for DCI’s clients and advises senior client management on communications strategy and corporate citizenship campaigns. Mr. Peterson has a decade of experience in advising clients in the oil and gas industry, and heads up DCI Group’s energy practice. He and his broader team advise clients on energy and environmental policy, trade and globalization, telecommunications, health care and financial markets campaigns.
Prior to joining DCI Group, Mr. Peterson worked in politics in Nebraska and Iowa. He served as Iowa Political Director for Senator Elizabeth Dole’s Presidential campaign and following that, he worked on the Bush-Cheney 2000 campaign. Mr. Peterson got his start in politics working for Congressman Jon Christensen (R-Nebraska) from 1995-98, serving on his congressional staff and on his 1996 and 1998 campaigns.
Mr. Peterson is a native of Nebraska and a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Omaha. He and his wife Kiersten reside in Bethesda, Maryland with their two children.