BILL PETERSON
Bill Peterson has nearly 40 years of public sector municipal management and five years as a financial officer in the construction industry. He provides the Jensen Strategies team support in the fields of public finance, utility management, project management, policy analysis, and quality public personnel recruitment.
Bill began managing cities in 1974, initially as an assistant to a Mayor in Riverton, Wyoming, where he was soon named the City Administrator. Bill then went on to Hermiston, OR, Grants Pass, OR, and Wood Village, OR, as City Manager. For five years he was the chief administrative and financial officer for a construction company in Grants Pass, OR, between the management jobs in Grants Pass and Wood Village.
Bill has specific experiences managing public and private financing, urban renewal, solid waste and utility districts, as well as a range of policy and administrative skills acquired in managing full service municipal governments.
Bill has a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Wyoming and has completed extensive post graduate work in Public Administration.
Bill is an avid woodworker, backpacker, fly fisher, along with a dedication to his wife and partner Lari. Three grown children and their partners, and eight grandchildren. Bill and Lari also love to travel, with an affinity for cruises.