Peter served as the President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Burt Hill Inc. Pete’s portfolio includes number significant historic US landmarks, including the Wanamaker. He has been Principal in charge of a myriad of projects ranging from educational institutions to banks to high-rise office buildings to private residences, both in the U.S. and across the globe. Building in his native city of Philadelphia, he began his career in Butler, and went on to open the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia offices. He was also instrumental in developing the Boston, DC and Atlanta markets.

From mid-1998 through mid-2000, he was transferred to Europe to oversee international commercial projects on behalf of Burt Hill and several major clients. He is intensely interested in the changes that are occurring in the real estate industry as a result of new business models, technology, and high-speed connectivity. While Pete credits a walk-in client with interests in India for starting the international growth, it was really Pete’s entrepreneurial spirit and business sense that thrust him, then CEO of the company, and the firm into success internationally, where Pete has had the fortune of working in over 24 countries. Pete is convinced that the only way any good practice to be successful internationally was to be on the ground with a full service, multi-discipline, cradle-to-grave office.

Pete also has been the Chairman of the Sewickley Historic Commission, and a Board Member for the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Civil Light Opera, Sewickley Valley Hospital, Girls Hope, the Old Sewickley Post Office Preservation Commission, and the LEAN Construction Institute. He believes it is important for architects to be involved in the arts and the community.

His broad leadership, technical and business experience makes him an ideal external advisor for the INI in its continuing quest for design excellence and market leadership.