Jeffery M. Peterson
Jeffery Peterson is executive vice president of the Center for Naval Analyses. Peterson joined CNA in 2012 and worked as a member of the Marine Corps Manpower team. In 2016, he took over leadership of the Fleet and Operational Manpower team, later redesignated as the Navy Manning, Education, and Training Program within the Resources and Force Readiness Division. In 2020, Peterson was made vice president and director of that division. He was promoted to his current position in October 2024.
Over the course of his career at CNA, Peterson has made a series of exceptional analytical contributions to CNA's support of the Department of the Navy. He worked with the Marine Corps to analyze policy options that would allow their highest-quality enlisted first-term and career-force Marines to reenlist earlier and for longer periods. He also supported the Marine Corps Embassy Security Group in their expansion effort following the 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
Peterson is a retired Marine Corps colonel with 30 years of active duty service. He served in staff, commanding officer, and chief of staff positions throughout the Marine Corps manpower, recruiting, and recruit-training enterprises.
Peterson holds a Master of Strategic Studies degree from the United States Army War College, a Master of Science in management from the Naval Postgraduate School — where he received the Faculty Award for Academic Excellence — and a Bachelor of Science (summa cum laude) in business and economics from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.
