Peter Nicholson is the R3 deputy program manager. Prior to joining ICJIA, Peter was a manpower planner with the City of Chicago, where he administered the Substantial Rehabilitation Training Program and the Work Experience Program, designed to combat racism in the construction trades. Peter also served as Cook County Department of Planning and Development director, responsible for all community and economic development activities in Cook County. He also served as the Illinois Department of Human Services housing and transition liaison. With a special interest in housing issues, Peter co-founded a community development organization, which developed 57 units of affordable housing.

Peter earned a bachelor’s degree in urban and regional planning at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, a master’s degree in inner city studies at Northeastern Illinois University, and a master’s degree in public administration at The Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.