Mr. Petersen is a member of Goodwill's Board of Directors and the Planned Giving Committee. Petersen is Vice President, Business Development Officer for First American Trust, FSB. Prior to joining First American Trust in 2000, he was managing principal of Petersen & Associates Insurance Services, LLC, a full service employee benefit and insurance brokerage firm. He has served as both a real estate asset manager, as well as legal counsel to the president for Koll Management Services, and has practiced law as a business litigation attorney.
Mr. Petersen is an active member of several industry and community support service organizations including The Orange County Bar Foundation, Board of Trustees of the World Affairs Council of Orange County, and as a Volunteer Reserve Sheriff in the Orange County Sheriff Department's Professional Services Reserve Division - Search & Rescue Unit.