Anne Petersen is Research Professor (Adjunct), University of Michigan. Petersen held administrative and faculty roles at Stanford U, U Minnesota, Penn State U, and U Chicago. She was Senior VP Programs, WK Kellogg Foundation, US President-nominated/Senate-confirmed National Science Foundation Deputy Director/COO, and Founder of Global Philanthropy Alliance, a foundation making grants in Africa. Petersen authored 15 books and over 350 articles, currently emphasizing global science policy and philanthropy, with continuing emphases on adolescence/youth development and evaluation/research methods. Her honors include election to National Academy of Medicine (NASEM: National Academies of Science, Engineering, Medicine) and Fellow in several scientific societies including African Academy of Sciences, AAAS, ISSBD, APA (three divisions), and founding Fellow of APS. She was involved with founding Society of Research on Adolescence and was elected President of that scientific society as well as several others. She chaired NASEM Policy & Global Affairs Divisional Committee as well as the NASEM EnCoRe Committee and was key faculty for two fellowship programs in Africa, among other US/global voluntary boards/committees. All Petersen degrees are University of Chicago: BA mathematics, MS statistics, PhD measurement, evaluation, and statistical analysis
