Marilouise Petersen is currently a coach in the Seattle University Program for New Principals. She recently retired from the Sumner School District in Sumner, Washington where she was the Executive Director of Human Resources from 2000 until August 2006. Prior to that she was a junior high principal and high school assistant principal. Before becoming a school administrator, Marilouise was a secondary school counselor and English teacher. She received a BA in English from Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, a Master of Science in Education from Portland State University and her administrative credentials from Pacific Lutheran University.