Dr. Suzanne Peterson
Partner, CRA
Suzanne Peterson is a Partner in CRA’s Leadership Practice. Dr. Peterson provides counsel and coaching to senior leaders primarily on Wall Street and other financial services companies. Emphasizing leadership style and credibility, effective communication, and relationship building as building blocks to leadership success, she helps propel her clients towards excellence. Her recent clients include leaders in firms such as Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan Chase, Cowen, Piper Jaffray, Fidelity, Prudential, Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, Societe Generale, and Ayco, among others. Suzanne is a highly sought-after speaker where she shares the CRA message of Admired Leadership® – a viewpoint that emphasizes the behaviors that characterize the world’s most effective leaders. Suzanne serves on the faculty of The Thunderbird School of Global Management and prior to joining CRA and entering academia, she worked as a change management consultant. She holds a BA in psychology and an MBA and Ph.D. in organizational behavior from the University of Southern California and the University of Nebraska respectively. A native of Southern California, she now splits her time between New York and Scottsdale, AZ.
