Megan Peters

About Megan Peters

Megan\'s expertise is the management of complex adaptive systems (CAS) with 15 years in Engineering Management, Systems Science, Systems Engineering, and Industrial Engineering. Megan\'s experience addressing complex challenges spans the public and private sectors, industries, functional areas, disciplines, cultures, and academic domains. For the past 10 years, Megan has supported the U.S. government in design, execution, and evaluation of policy in the U.S. and internationally. Her clients include the U.S. Agency for International Development, Department of Defense, Department of Veterans\' Affairs, and Department of Homeland Security. Her work has been at the intersection of social and sociotechnical system dynamics, and process and program management, in research and practice. Megan is a professor of systems management, the sets of principles, concepts, and skills that consider and manage complex systems to good effect while mitigating risk and less-good outcomes, or emergent behavior, for policy and management. Her research, for Feed the Future at the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, defined and developed a framework for evaluating systemic change in complex adaptive systems, and found the import of social capital in achieving smallholder market resilience. Megan started her career contributing to, studying and reasoning about solutions for, and leading humanitarian projects in the U.S, Mozambique, and Belize. Megan advanced environmental sustainability and CSR initiatives in the transportation industry by leading groundbreaking projects and partnerships at one of the largest logistics providers in North America. She served as a leader in support of alumni and current students at her Alma maters. She advocated for women and children, especially refugees and victims of trafficking, by starting creative businesses with support from community partners. LinkedIn features public recommendations and endorsements from peers and mentors through the years. Thanks.

Experience

1. Adjunct Professor

   LMI

   Jan 2024 — Present

Education

• The George Washington University

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Systems Engineering

• The George Washington University

  Master of Science - MS, Engineering/Industrial Management

• University of Arkansas

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Industrial Engineering, Minor Sustainability