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Mia Peters

Executive Assistant to the President

Cary, NC

Mia Peters provides administrative and organizational support to MDC’s president, senior staff, and Board of Directors. For the President she manages correspondence, maintains his calendar and travel schedule, and provides general support. 

She serves on committees including the Executive Cabinet, External Advancement, Operations, and Development; supports the human relations manager; and maintains MDC’s Customer Relationship Management system, eTapestry. 

Prior to coming to MDC, she was a campus administrator supporting the vice president of live online operations at MyComputerCareer; the Director of Youth Ministry at New Horizons Fellowship in Apex, N.C.; wrote standards of operating procedures and trained staff at N.C. State University’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital; and worked as a coordinator and writer in clinical trials. 

Her areas of interest are children and families, public health, and the theatre. She is the president of the Board of Directors of Forest Moon Theatre Company, a founding member of Stageworks, and has been a director, costume designer, stage manager, and actor with a number of Triangle theater companies, including The Women’s Theatre Festival, Cary Players, Stars Theatre and Encore Youth Productions. 

She holds an associates of applied science degree from Central Virginia Community College and a bachelor of interdisciplinary studies degreee in organizational management and labor relations from the New York Institute of Technology.