Leila Peterson

Leila Peterson has served as Executive Director of SchoolTalk, Inc., a non-profit that create spaces that promote self-determination and a voice for youth with disabilities and their peers, since 2008. Her practice focuses on public and community conflict, specializing in processes that allow government, private, and community stakeholders to tackle difficult issues together. Leila is an experienced trainer, mediator, and facilitator and also teaches as an adjunct professor in the George Mason University Conflict Analysis and Resolution program. Leila received a Master of Science degree in Conflict Analysis and Resolution, from George Mason University in 1998 and a Bachelor of Arts in Politics from Earlham College in 1993.