Our Members

Mr. Chris Petersen

Governance and Administration Committee Chair

Mr. Petersen of McLean, Virginia, is a principal at Arbor Strategies, LLC. His practice concentrates in legal and compliance services relating to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("ACA"), privacy, state small-group and individual insurance reform regulation and the interaction between state and federal law. Mr. Petersen also advises clients on legal matters pertaining to minimum standards for supplemental and individual insurance products, association business, managed care, as well as other compliance issues. He also assists his clients before state insurance departments and provides representation before the National Association of Insurance Commissioners ("NAIC"), Congress and federal agencies. Mr. Petersen chairs the firm's privacy group. He previously served as the Vice President of the State Affairs/Legal Department of the Health Insurance Association of America. Mr. Petersen has spoken extensively on insurance reform matters and also has testified before Congress on insurance reform and privacy issues. Mr. Petersen is a member of the Virginia Bar Association, a member of the Board of Directors of the Professional Insurance Marketing Association ("PIMA") and received their President's Distinguished Service Award. He served on Governor-elect McAuliffe's transition team and presently serves as the treasurer of Common Good VA, Governor McAuliffe's political action committee. He is also presently serving as the president of Northam for Governor, Inc. Mr. Petersen earned his bachelor's degree from Washington University and holds a juris doctor degree from Georgetown University.

Mr. Petersen was appointed on July 1, 2016 by Governor McAuliffe and reappointed on July 1, 2020 by Governor Northam.