Staff

Chairman and CEO

Neil Peterson, founder of the Edge Foundation, is the Edge Foundation Chairman and CEO. His responsibilities include providing overall guidance and vision to the Foundation, recruiting staff and members of the Board of Directors, and raising capital.

Neil has served in a variety of leadership positions in both the public and private sectors. His background includes founding five companies, the latest of which, Flexcar, the award-winning car-sharing company, was recently purchased by Steve Case, the founder of AOL. He has been a consultant with Booz, Allen & Hamilton and served as the CEO of the public transportation agencies in the Seattle, Oakland, and Los Angeles metropolitan regions. He has served as a City Manager and as the COO and CFO of a state Health and Human Services Agency, managing the state's mental health programs and programs for the disabled. In the foundation world, Neil has served as Vice President of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation.

Neil has two children with ADHD and dyslexia. He is a member of CHADD, ADDA, LDA, and IDA.

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Program Assistant

Denise von Pressentin has a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration degree from Seattle University. She has worked in a variety of accounting and administrative functions for numerous companies in the private sector including Kyokuyo Co, USA; Whitney Foods, a seafood producing and processing company; Transportation Solutions; and Flexcar. In addition she has worked for the US Forest Service in the public sector. Denise has served on two condo associations boards and as an officer for an investment club.