Dr. Peggy Terhune has served as President/CEO of Monarch since 1995. Monarch provides long-term services and behavioral health services for people of all ages with mental illness, substance use disorders, intellectual/developmental disabilities and traumatic brain injury.
In a career spanning more than 50 years, Peggy has worked in multiple settings as an occupational therapist and organization leader. During her tenure at Monarch, Peggy has grown the company significantly focused on giving individuals with disabilities joy and respect. She is the recipient of numerous regional and national leadership awards.
Peggy holds a BS degree in Occupational Therapy from Indiana University, a MBA from RIT and a Ph.D. from The UNC Greensboro.
In addition to her career, Peggy is mother to seven adult children, two of whom were adopted as teenagers and a grandmother to ten grandchildren. For over twenty years, she and her husband, Bob, have fostered children with and without disabilities. A servant leader, Peggy continues to provide community service in a number of ways. For fun, she serves as an adjunct faculty member for Wingate and Duke Universities and is a Certified Lay Preacher in the Lutheran Church, ELCA Synod.