The Syrus Global Team is comprised of dedicated professionals focused on our mission of helping organizations to “win right.” Our headquarters staff in Chicago includes sales, client service, legal, technology, marketing, and administrative support. Our Listener Center in St. Louis is the home of our famous Listeners who are available 24 x 7 x 366. Our company is led by our founder, Alice Peterson.

Alice M. Peterson, President
Tel: 312-635-1502

Alice Peterson is the Founder and President of Syrus Global.

As chair of a public company audit committee during a period when corporate financial scandals filled the headlines of every major newspaper, Ms. Peterson led an exhaustive search for resources to support transparency and ethical decision-making. Unsatisfied with the choices for quality solutions, in 2002, she launched Listen Up™ ethics reporting and helpline services. In 2005, the company launched Rules + Values™ ethics education and confidential exit interviews.

Ms. Peterson has held senior operating, strategy, and finance roles at Sears, Kraft and PepsiCo. She currently serves as a director on both public company boards and not-for-profit institutions including: Hanesbrands, Williams Partners, RIM Finance (a wholly owned unit of Research in Motion, maker of the BlackBerry™ handheld), Ravinia Festival (summer home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra), and the Music Arts School of Highland Park, Illinois.

Ms. Peterson is a member of the board of directors of the Institute for Business & Professional Ethics at DePaul University and writes and speaks frequently on topics related to corporate governance. She is also a member of The Chicago Network, The Economic Club of Chicago, and other civic and business organizations in and around Chicago.

She holds an M.B.A. from Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management, and a B.A. from the University of Louisville.

Syrus Global is fortunate to be served by a strong Advisory Board:

Ms. Laura P. Hartman, Esq.
Associate Vice-President, Academic Affairs & Professor of Business Ethics
DePaul University

Visiting faculty positions at INSEAD Business School, Fontainebleau, France; Gourlay Professor of Ethics in Business at Melbourne Business School & Trinity College, University of Melbourne

Mr. R. Henry Kleeman, Esq.
Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Former SVP & General Counsel, Innovene Former Deputy General Counsel and Global Business Practices Officer, Sara Lee

Mr. Harry M. Jansen Kraemer, Jr.
Executive Partner
Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC

Former CEO, Baxter International Inc. Adjunct Professor, Northwestern University Kellogg Graduate School of Business Board of Directors of Science Application International Corporation (SAIC); Boards of Trustees of Northwestern University and Lawrence University; Dean’s Advisory Board, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Board of Advisors of Sirona Dental Systems, GmbH.

Mr. Ken Lehman
Managing Partner, KKP Group
Chairman, Winning Workplaces
Former Chairman, Fel-Pro Incorporated

Ken is also CARE USA's representative to CARE International's Board and General Assembly.

Ms. Pamela Forbes Lieberman

Formerly President and CEO, True Value Company Northwestern University Kellogg Graduate School Alumni Advisory Board Chair, The Chicago Network Corporate Directorships: A. M. Castle & Co., Standard Motor Products, Inc.

Mr. Donald S. Perkins
Formerly Chairman and CEO, Jewel Companies Inc.

For more than 30 years, Don served on Corporate Boards, including AT&T, Aon, Corning, Cummins Engine, Eastman Kodak, Firestone, Inland Steel Industries, Kmart, Lucent Technologies, the Putnam Funds, Springs Industries, and Time Warner.

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