Role at ESF Over the past many decades, my role has been to: Provide leadership in all aspects of professional requirements, Create the overall mission of our company, Identify short and long-term goals for ESF, Define strategies to meet those goals, Identify financial goals for the company. In addition, I resolve any technical issues related to how our IDLS process is to be changes and implemented. Thus, I have worked hard over the years to make the process as easy to follow as possible while still maintaining the integrity of the basic Systems Approach theory. I also conduct the majority of our workshops, especially those related to certifying trainers to conduct our courses. In doing so, we maintain tight control over the quality of training provided by our instructors both within our company and within our clients' organizations. Background The last of eleven children, Peter was born in Wilkes-Barre, PA to Lebanese immigrant parents. At seventeen, he entered the Jesuits and spent first three years at the Novitiate in Wernersville, PA, three years studying Philosophy at Shrub Oak, NY. During those years, he received his BA and MA degrees from Fordham. He then taught German, English, and Religion for three years at Scranton Prep, PA, where he was moderator of the yearbook and in charge of photography. In 1962, he went to Woodstock, MD to study Theology. As Woodstock's photographer, he was a front row participant in the Martin Luther King March on Washington. In 1964, he led a group of teens from Georgetown Prep to Salzburg, Austria. There, he met Mary Sullivan... and the rest is history. As a member of the Woodstock Jesuit Singers, he sang on the Ed Sullivan Show, Christmas, 1964. Mary was in the audience. In 1965, a year before ordination, he left the Jesuits. After spending a year as an Analyst at the Department of Navy and three years in the Title VI Grants Program at HEW, he joined Westinghouse Learning Corporation, then Sterling Institute. During those years, he received his Ph.D. After graduating in 1969, Peter and Mary founded Educational Systems for the Future®.