Neil Peterson - Speaker, ADD, ADHD

About Neil Peterson

“Success is all about going from failure to failure
without losing your enthusiasm.”
- Winston Churchill, (an example of a man who persevered through his ADD)

Neil Peterson is a successful businessman, public servant and leading advocate for the disabled in his role as the head of the not-for-profit Edge Foundation.

Neil is the founder of the highly acclaimed Flexcar.  Flexcar, described as “a time-share for automobiles,” operates in twelve cities across the country.  The company’s innovative business model helps Americans reduce their reliance upon foreign oil, fight global warming and make our cities more livable. In 2005 Steve Case of AOL purchased Flexcar.  (Recently, Flexcar merged with Zipcar.)

Neil has founded four other businesses including an international transportation consulting firm, a company providing interim executive management, a travel and tour company, and a private fishing club.  During his career he has served as CEO, COO or CFO of six other companies.

Neil has also had a distinguished career in public service that included being CEO of the public transportation agencies in the Los Angeles, Oakland and Seattle metropolitan areas, as well as working for two U.S. congressmen, two governors and being a City Manager.

Neil has a passion for the disabled and has worked diligently to help those with disabilities, as the official responsible for the state’s mental health, developmental disabilities, juvenile rehabilitation and foster care services. Today, he is the Chairman and CEO of the Edge Foundation, which he founded to help children with learning disabilities and ADHD.

He received his master’s degree from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. Neil is an accomplished dancer, focusing on ballroom, Latin, Argentine tango, and West Coast swing.  He travels extensively and has visited over 50 countries on six of the seven continents.

Neil has four stepchildren, two children, and two step grandchildren. He lives on a houseboat in Seattle in the summer and on a motor coach in the Palm Desert area of California in the winter.

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Recent Press & Interviews

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Read Mike Flynn’s profile of Neil and the Edge Foundation – A foundation to aid ADHD students – Mike Flynn is the former publisher of the Puget Sound Business Journal

Listen to Neil’s interview by Paul Casey which aired on Thursday, January 15, 2009 on KKNW 1150 AM

How one Island rogue wave changed a man’s life – Vancouver Times Colonist – Sunday, December 07, 2008

A rogue wave can change a man’s life – Seattle Post-Intelligencer – November 30, 2008

Neil was the featured guest on the Dave Ross Show on KIRO Radio (710 AM, 97.3 FM) Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 11 am.  Listen to the interview.