India Strategic Mission Briefing

Mark G. Peterson is the Executive Vice President – Advocacy at the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA). In this position, he sets the direction for global advocacy for management and public accounting, CPA and CGMA issues. Peterson works closely with state CPA societies, national governments, US state governments, regulators, legislators and accounting bodies to influence and shape policy decisions impacting the profession. Peterson leads the Congressional & Political Affairs, and State Society Affairs, State Regulatory and Legislative Affairs and Tax Advocacy teams.

Prior to joining the AICPA, Peterson served as Vice President with the Alpine Group, where he was responsible for individualized lobbying work on tax, trade, agricultural, environmental, energy and related issues. He served a diverse group of clients, including major international technology companies, energy companies, financial institutions, manufacturers and trade associations, as well as worked on several major policy coalitions on matters pending before the legislative and executive branches of government.

Peterson has held several other positions in Washington that have included the role of Washington Representative for Toyota Motors North America, Director of Government and Regulatory Affairs for Andersen LLP in Washington and a Special Assistant to Speaker Newt Gingrich in the U.S. House of Representatives.

He earned his bachelor of science degree in history from the University of North Dakota.

Joel has spent the majority of his career in either higher education or professional learning. He has managed global sales teams at large higher education publishers like Houghton Mifflin and Wiley, and worked on strategic partnerships with innovators in higher ed, exam prep and professional learning markets. He currently manages the global B2B sales and rev ops functions for the AICPA where his teams work with a variety of clients from higher education institutions to public accounting firms to Fortune 1000 companies aligning their needs with AICPA learning solutions. He has recently been actively engaged in partnering with higher education institutions to position AICPA credential and co-branded certificate content into their curricula with students able to exit these programs with a degree and a series of certificates/credentials from AICPA.