Sandi Peterson

The youngest of six children, Peterson received her bachelor's degree in government studies from Cornell University, and her MPA in applied economics from Princeton University. She began her career working in consulting at McKinsey & Company.

From 1987 to 1993, Peterson worked in strategy, finance, sustainability, and product development at Whirlpool Corporation, and later at Nabisco. In 2000, Peterson accepted a leadership position at Medco Health Solutions. In 2005, she became president of Bayer Medical Care. She also received a fellowship from the Robert Bosch Foundation in Stuttgart, Germany, and spent a year serving with the German Federal Ministry of Finance and the Federation of German Industries. In 2010, she was promoted to chairman and chief executive officer of Bayer CropScience AG.

Peterson was formerly the chair of the conservation research charity EcoHealth Alliance (previously called Wildlife Trust). and served on the board of directors at Dun & Bradstreet. In 2015 she joined the board of directors of Microsoft and is the lead independent director.

Peterson often advocates for women in business, and was featured in a multi-part series of interviews on the subject by Forbes in 2011. She is a trustee of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.