As founder and president of Petersen Future Solutions LLC, Dr. Petersen’s range of experiences enable him to identify and deliver solutions that become embedded into business and institutional culture – solutions that are sustained because they are inclusive, principled, and enduring.Since 2013, Dr. Petersen has served as CEO of the statewide nonprofit called Engage NJ that develops a 21st century skilled workforce and initiatives focused on the protection of our democracy and the planet. Over the past fifteen years of professional experience in particular, Petersen has worked directly and over a period of time with major business associations such as NJ Business and Industries Association (NJBIA) and Healthcare Institute of New Jersey (HINJ), the New Jersey Deputy Attorney General, and numerous presidents and executives from all higher education sectors in both New Jersey and Connecticut.As a collaborator, Saul Petersen has served on numerous cross-sector groups that develop coherent large-scale plans that impact major populations. Whether it be New Jersey Higher Education Partnerships for Sustainability (NJHEPS) plan for reconstitution, NJ Coalition of County College’s (NJCCC) Vision 2028, new Jersey Business & Industries Association’s (NJBIA) Education Equation, Deputy Attorney Generals Prevention Policy Boards, or State Higher Education Executive Officers’ (SHEEO) Multi-State Collaborative for civic learning, Dr. Petersen has amassed the knowledge of how to find solutions that stand the test of time. As a university executive, over a four-year period, Saul led the institutionalizing of community engaged learning, including with its formal recognition in the Senate, at a public university. He secured a grant from RWJ and built the first university Community Center in new Jersey, similar in principle to Community Food Centres Canada. Over the course of a year, he chaired the committee that put forward a comprehensive application for the Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement. Dr. Petersen has also taught both undergraduate and graduate level courses in psychology, education, and nonprofit management.As nonprofit CEO, Dr. Petersen managed several major business transitions, including a name change and a major strategic planning process. Petersen successfully steered another nonprofit through a difficult restructuring so as to provide that business with a platform for future viability. Petersen formulated a plan for the viability of another nonprofit that focused on higher education’s role in education to deal with our climate crisis.