Michigan SBDC pronounces retirement of Enterprise Advisor Cheryl Peterson | Native Enterprise
OWOSSO – The Michigan Small Enterprise Growth Heart introduced Monday that Enterprise Advisor Cheryl Peterson has determined to retire.
Peterson has served as a enterprise advisor since 2012. She has been “very important to financial progress within the Shiawassee area by offering consulting, coaching and market analysis companies to small companies, serving to them launch, develop, transition and innovate,” the SBDC stated in a press launch.
“It has been a privilege to work with small companies in our group over the past a number of years by SBDC,” Peterson stated. “I recognize the numerous relationships and friendships which have developed over time. To see new companies launch and current companies develop has been very rewarding and speaks to the strengths of our group.”
Peterson’s final official day might be April 22. The applying course of is now open for the following Michigan SBDC enterprise advisor for Shiawassee County. candidates can discover the job description and utility directions on the Shiawassee Regional Chamber of Commerce web site, shiawasseechamber.org.
Shiawassee Financial Growth Partnership President/CEO Justin Horvath stated Peterson “has been an excellent mentor and advocate for tons of of Shiawassee County companies through the years, and we’re very grateful for her service.”
Peterson got here to SBDC with a formidable set of expertise. She had owned and operated a e book retailer along with her husband, however she additionally labored for Memorial Healthcare, beginning out as a nurse in 1985 and ending up because the CEO.
“After we purchased the e book retailer, which was an current enterprise, we actually got here to worth the subject-matter specialists — resembling accountants or attorneys — wanted to begin a enterprise,” Peterson advised The Argus-Press in a 2021 interview. “Only a few of us have every little thing that we’d like within the instrument field. Topic-matter specialists can fill in a number of the gaps and improve the probability of enterprise proprietor success.”
Peterson and her late husband, Jim, owned the Christian e book and Bible retailer The Fig Tree in Owosso through the late Nineties and early 2000s. She labored at Memorial from 1985 to 2004.
Peterson has two grown sons and 5 grandchildren, and enjoys flower gardening, baking and studying.
Janis Mueller, Michigan SBDC regional director, known as Peterson an “wonderful champion and cheerleader to the small companies, companions and residents of Shiawassee County.”
“Cheryl shared her knowledge and information of enterprise possession and administration with professionalism and keenness,” Mueller stated. “She was all the time keen to assist educate and coach folks so they might transfer their enterprise ahead. I admired her detail-oriented and strategic thought course of as we frequently had conversations on numerous challenges. This allowed me to ‘get in her head’ and see the problem from her view, and we may all the time discover the most effective path to beat the problem. I’ll miss her, however I do know her ardour and enthusiasm will proceed as she continues to cross paths with folks she has helped work with as a enterprise advisor. Cheryl has left a legacy, and as she plans to depart, we’re completely satisfied for her.”
