Nancy Peterson:  

Life I got a BA in French and English from Wartburg College, Waverly Iowa (spent time studying and travelling in France). I graduated in 1977. I did substitute teaching in the Appleton area after I graduated from college. I taught French and English and worked as assistant drama and forensics coach at Luther High School South, Chicago Illinois 1978 - 1980. Notable Luther South alumni include Olympic triple-jump gold-medalist Mike Conley, Sr., and his younger brother, Steve Conley, a former NFL linebacker; rap artist Common; and Dr. Valerie Roberson, former president of Olive-Harvey College who now leads Roxbury Community College in Boston. I left to teach at Iowa State University but lack of courses forced me to supplement my income and eventually I quit teaching to work full-time as an assistant manager in banquet services at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa 1980-1983. I decided to get an MBA in Accounting/Finance from Washington University in St. Louis Missouri; finished it in 1985. I went to work for Xerox Corp. in suburbs around Rochester New York. The Rochester area is very beautiful, next to Lake Ontario and not far from the Finger Lakes. I had many jobs from financial analyst to financial planning and analysis manager 1985 - 2001. I went to work for Genencor, a divison of Danisco, as Senior Division Analyst. My firm was purchased in 2005 by a firm that was a long-time majority stockholder and that firm was purchased by DuPont after that. My position was eliminated in September 2008. I consulted for the next 9 years and had a lot of different and interesting projects. I was able to balance working with taking time to care for my mother-in-law and sister. In late 2017, one of my clients, in the midst of an asset sale for which I was doing the due diligence, asked me to join the new firm as their Controller and HR Manager. So officially as of February 2018, I work for Cognivue, Inc. The firm designs and sells a computerized test for cognition that was cleared by the FDA to test for dementia. My dad passed away in 2014 from dementia so it's an issue close to my heart. Right now we are in 6 test markets and working with several large hospital systems and employ...Expand for more