Samuel Peterson joins the SurvivorsUK board from a 20+ year tenure in interactive entertainment. Prior to making and publishing video games at places like Midway Games, Activision Blizzard, and Google, they worked in non-profit in development and administration. Volunteering is an interest which took root from a young age when they first volunteered at a domestic and sexual violence shelter, and at other socio-political non-profits which served the LGBTQ+ community.  

Samuel recently returned to their roots of working with non-profit organisations as a trustee for another charity focusing on the intersection between the LGBTQ+ and disabled communities. They hope to leverage their business acumen and network, along with their history with DEI initiatives, to the benefit of SurvivorsUK’s beneficiaries, employees and volunteers.

When not working or volunteering, Samuel enjoys creative writing, the arts, practicing yogic philosophy, gaming and spending time with their husband walking and giving lap to Maggie (a non-lap variant of the canine species), around whom their lives largely revolve. 

Pronouns: They/them