Peter Szabo’s writing has appeared in numerous publications, including Bioscience, Maryland Historical Magazine, Socio-Analysis, and Gotham Gazette. His work spans such varied topics as the civil rights leadership of noted 1960s activist Gloria Richardson Dandridge, open space preservation, the rise of the Working Families Party, behavior dynamics in strategic planning, urban revitalization, and racism. His volume of poetry, Death and Life, was published in 2014.
After studying history and political science at the University of Rochester, Peter went on to earn master’s degrees in public and private management and in international relations at Yale.
He rose to Deputy Commissioner for Policy and Planning at a state transportation agency, spent several years in a firm consulting to consumer packaged goods companies on manufacturing operations and strategy, and then he decided to get off the fast track and start his own company focused on providing advice to nonprofits. This enabled him to follow his passion for nature conservation, and he has helped clients such as The Nature Conservancy, World Wildlife Fund, and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation advance the conservation of wildlife and open space across the country. He consults and writes from New York City, where he lives with his wife and children.