Sharon Peterson is the Executive Director of the Montana BioScience Alliance. The Alliance serves as the hub for Montana’s biotechnology companies, entrepreneurs, laboratories, hospitals, clinics and universities to commercialize new technologies and to start, grow and sustain globally competitive bioscience companies – ultimately to create high-quality jobs and economic opportunity in Montana. In this role Sharon has also collaborated with and mentored other bioscience organizations in the Mountain and Plains states. Sharon served as a Founder and Director of Leadership Montana from 2003-2011. Leadership Montana is a statewide effort to develop a sustainable network of leaders who share a passion for Montana and a commitment to the future of the state.