Holly Peterson is Head of Constituency Engagement at the University of London. She has more than 25 years’ experience in development, communications and alumni relations, including as Head of Alumni and Supporter Relations at the University of Cambridge, and as both Deputy Director of External Relations and Deputy Director of Development and Alumni Relations at the University of Exeter. Whilst at Exeter, Holly was a senior member of the team that successfully managed the ‘Creating a World-Class University Together’ campaign, which set and exceeded the first alumni volunteer campaign goal in the UK.
Holly’s career has included posts at SOAS, Hollins University, the Nature Conservancy, and World Learning. She served on the CASE Europe Research Advisory Committee, and the CASE Alumni Engagement Metrics Task Force.
Holly is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Global Education Oregon.
She holds a BA from Hollins University (for which she co-chairs the UK alumnae chapter) and an MSc from the London School of Economics.