PPeter serves as the Deputy Director of Engagement at the RISE Network. In his eighth school year with RISE, Peter now works on RISE’s Engagement Team. Peter leads the design and development of the Grade 9 Focus Network, through which 20+ schools across the Northeast work in community on strengthening culture, systems, and practices around the 8th-to-9th grade transition. Peter holds a B.A. in political science from The College of the Holy Cross, and a M. Ed. from Boston University.