Meet Peter
Family Centered, Community Focused
Northern Utah is my home, my neighborhood, and my community. I’m running for Congress because our neighborhoods deserve steady, common-sense leadership focused on the real answers to the problems hitting us the hardest.
From lowering the rising cost of living to protecting the local jobs that anchor our communities, my commitment is to deliver honest stewardship and real accountability.
A Family History of Public Service, A Duty to Serve
My parents were both in the military, as were both of my grandfathers, and both of my brothers. My wife’s father, brothers, and grandparents also served. I am an Eagle Scout and was a cadet in the ROTC, both foundational experiences in my life. Service is hard coded into us, and my wife and I have tried to instill those values in our daughters.
After an injury ended my time in the ROTC, I knew I had to choose a different path for serving my country. Running for Congress is part of that service.
Safekeeping the rights and freedoms of our country requires sacrifice from all of us. The oath I made as an Eagle Scout almost twenty-five years ago to better society is still central to my life today. Public servants, like our Congressional representatives, are there to serve their neighbors.
As your elected representative in Congress, I promise to uphold my commitment to serving the best interests of my community.
A Husband and Father Rooted in Northern Utah, Who Understands Life Here
My wife, Amanda, and I, have been raising our three beautiful daughters in Northern Utah for 19 years. They are kind, passionate, brilliant, and remarkable young women.
We teach them to be honest, to have integrity, to love their neighbor, and to work hard.
I am running to make sure they, and everyone else, have the opportunities we were promised. Please join me to help make that possible.
I started my professional career and had my first child in the summer of 2008, right as our country entered the worst financial crisis in decades. I graduated with my bachelor’s degree in 2011, into one of the worst job markets for graduating students in history.
From having to stay in a job unrelated to my degree to pay the bills or maintain health insurance, or changing employers to have any chance at a raise, to taking out student loans and pursuing Public Service Loan Forgiveness in an increasingly frustrating system, I get it.
My wife and I fight these battles every day and are launching our children into an even more uncertain world than we started in. Our family has been fortunate to move forward with hard work, a little luck, and the help of programs like WIC, Medicaid, and first-time homebuyer programs, along with supportive parents who benefitted from a functioning system.
A Professional Career Rooted in Leadership and Trust
I am a first-generation college graduate who has spent my career balancing my family life with working more than one full time job at a time to make ends meet. My professional career has given me a range of experience, from leadership positions in a Fortune 500 company, to an adjunct faculty position at Utah State University:
- Completed a Bachelor of Science in Political Science with an emphasis in the Middle East in 2011 at Utah State University
- Earned a Master of Science in Political Science from Utah State University in 2013, with a focus on America’s role in the international system.
- Started as a staff member working on the phones at a customer service agency
- Rose to a supervisory role within six months while going to school full time and starting a family
- Led a team of hundreds of employees as an Operations Manager, where I focused on customer experiences and operations for large corporations and government agencies, managing a contract with $15 million in annual revenue.
- Transitioned to a position in Corporate Analytics, where I helped Fortune 500 companies implement operational efficiencies
- Moved to Higher Education, where I held Sr. Analyst and Asst. Director positions in Institutional Research for 8 years
- Taught American Institutions courses to hundreds of undergrads each semester at Utah State University for 7 years
- Currently, I am an adjunct professor for the Center for Anticipatory Intelligence at USU where I teach a graduate course on emergent and disruptive technology while balancing a full time role as a director, project manager, and consultant in the private sector.
I am an educator at heart, and working with students and new employees as a mentor, instructor, and future colleague has been my most rewarding professional experience. While life hasn’t afforded me the chance to teach full-time, helping others to understand the systems we exist in and how they should function is my passion.
Due to my background in both the private and public sectors, along with my personal lived experience, I am uniquely positioned to understand the needs and concerns of Northern Utahns and the industries that keep our economy moving here in a way a career politician never will be. I am good at finding solutions in difficult environments, developing efficient systems, and ensuring the best possible outcomes for those I work with and serve.
My background has taught me the strength of flexible thinking, the importance of resiliency, and helped me develop the relationship building and organizational skills necessary for working in a complex environment like Congress to meet the best possible outcomes for those I serve.
Rooted in Northern Utah
