Jeannie PetersonStaff

My family and I moved to St. Peter in 2008 from a small village in western NY state named Angelica. Prior to that, we lived in the beautiful Black Hills (Spearfish) where I completed my certification to teach from SDSU (Brookings, SD). Originally, my husband and I are from a small town in northeast SD named Sisseton. We have two adult children, Tanner and Emily. Tanner is a songwriter/musician and Emily is an RN working in the OR at the Sanford Surgical Tower, Sioux Falls, SD.  My husband works at the U of M-St. Paul with the College of Biological Sciences as an Academic Technologist (he helps faculty build online courses). I’ve worked within the administrative role at Gustavus Adolphus College for 15 years, most recently joining the Gustavus Athletics family. 

I’ve also served approximately 10 years (1988-97) in the South Dakota Army National Guard achieving the rank of Staff Sergeant with the 740th Transportation Unit. Our unit was activated for Desert Storm serving six months overseas.

As I begin learning the many skills/tasks to make this position look easy (or at least handled), I look forward to perhaps meeting you at an upcoming event, a noon workout, or perhaps by chance! Meantime, I'll be busy learning how to best support the Gustavus Athletics family on the Hill.