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Kaari Peterson

Kaari has spent her career building and leading extraordinary UX Research and Design teams in the Bay Area. As a prominent UX Design voice, she helped improve user experiences for companies including Adobe and Yahoo!, and for over a decade was a leader in UX design and research at Chegg, Inc., an Ed tech brand for college students.

Kaari is a native of Clarkston, Michigan and proud second-generation Michigan State University alum currently seated on the Alumni Board of Directors for the College of Communication Arts and Sciences. Her role has allowed her to mentor students at MSU including those in the User Experience Graduate program and to grow alumni engagement in ComArtSci.