dr. greg peterson
Dr. Greg Peterson is the President of Salt Lake Community College.
Born outside of Portland, Oregon, he worked in higher education across the West Coast before moving to Arizona. Among his achievements, Greg has been blessed to present twice at the White House, serves on the Governing Board of the national Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), and was named the East Valley Man of the Year by Positive Paths in 2024.
Greg served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hamburg, Germany and attended BYU-Idaho and BYU-Provo along with Portland State University and The University of Texas at Austin. As a gay man and an aspiring disciple of Jesus Christ, he deeply believes in the importance of peace-making and community building and is grateful for his identity as part of the LGBTQ+ community and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In his free time, he enjoys working out, spoiling his two extremely cute French Bulldogs, and spending time with his even cuter boyfriend.