Peter Samuelson

Peter Samuelson, President and CEO of First Star, Inc.

Peter Samuelson is the President and CEO of First Star, Inc., a non-profit organization that advocates for the rights of abused and neglected children through research, professional education, public awareness, and litigation.1 He has held these positions since 1999.1

Some key facts about Peter Samuelson:

• He is also the CEO of PhilmCo Media llc, a position he has held since January 2018.1
• Samuelson is the founder and owner of Samuelson Productions, a motion picture, television, web, and mobile production company, as well as a media consultancy.1
• He co-founded the Starbright World online network in 1990 with Steven Spielberg.1
• Samuelson founded EDAR (Everyone Deserves a Roof) Inc. in 2005, a provider of mobile single-person shelters to the urban homeless.1
• He served as the first Managing Director of the Media Institute for Social Change at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts from 2012 to 2013.1
• Samuelson was the President of Splashlife, Inc., a membership network for young people, from 2008 to 2011.1
• He holds an MA in English Literature from the University of Cambridge, where he also founded the Cambridge University Film Production Unit and the Save Magdalen Bridge Campaign.1