Dr. Mark Peters was appointed to serve on the board of directors of IDACORP and Idaho Power in February 2021.
Dr. Peters is currently the president and chief executive officer of MITRE, the global not-for-profit technology company that operates R&D centers around the world. Peters is responsible for governance and oversight of the company's diverse markets, including artificial intelligence, aerospace, telecommunications, homeland security, cyber, transportation, defense and intelligence, health, and government innovation. Dr. Peters was previously the Executive Vice President for Laboratory Operations at Battelle Memorial Institute, with responsibilities for governance and oversight of the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Department of Homeland Security national laboratories for which Battelle had a significant lab management role. Previously, he was the director of Idaho National Laboratory and president of Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC. Prior to joining Battelle, he served as the associate laboratory director for Energy and Global Security at Argonne National Laboratory.