Victoria M. Peterson (USA)

Victoria is the Director of Corporate & Special Programs at the University of Maryland University College in Adelphi, MD. She is responsible for creating and maintaining relationships with corporations and other outside entities for the university. Prior to coming to Maryland, Victoria was Director of the International Trade Center at Radford University in Radford Virginia, and before joining the ITC in 1996, Victoria was a managing partner of Mackey International, a global business development company with offices in Scotland, Russia and the U.S. At Mackey, she assisted U.S. and U.K. companies interested in Russia with general importing and exporting issues, including international contracts, joint ventures, marketing and sales.

Victoria received her BA degree from Tennessee Wesleyan College and her International MBA degree from European University in Toulouse, France. In addition to being an Educational Consultant for the Boston Public Colleges, Victoria has taught at the Universite Roi Henri Christophe in Cap-Hatien, Haiti, and in various secondary schools throughout the U.S.

Having spent nearly eight years living overseas, Victoria has also conducted international business and communications workshops around the world, including Scotland, the Netherlands, France, Great Britain and Haiti. She also teaches customer service management for UMUC.