Shelly W. Peters

As the strategic and organizational leader of Crane + Peters, Shelly fosters empowering relationships—between our client partners and our C+P team, between each client and their internal and external audiences, and among our own multifaceted team members. Shelly has employed her keen perception, wise diplomacy, and inner drive to ensure that clients and team members alike all achieve their highest aspirations.

Shelly’s greatest strength—as a leader and listener, a partner, and an ally—lies in her naturally calm, just, and civil approach to every person and situation. Colleagues and clients alike often describe Shelly in similar ways: patient and poised; energetic and optimistic; an expansive thinker, tireless achiever, and firm believer in other people. Her extensive experience with nonprofit education consulting and corporate management provides her with a broad context for understanding clients’ challenges. Shelly holds a dual BA in Psychology and Educational Studies from Emory University and studied learning and organizational change at Northwestern University.