Jo Sperry is the Chief Executive and Inclusion Officer at Peckham, leading the award-winning organization’s mission, culture and overall business operations. Sperry has been with Peckham for more than two decades serving in a variety of leadership roles within the company, including Project and Grants Manager, Corporate Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.
Under Sperry’s leadership, Peckham has achieved significant growth and achievement across its line of businesses and federal contracts. Her demonstrated expertise includes successful implementation and creation of strategic partnerships to enable advanced job opportunities and upward mobility for individuals with disabilities and other barriers to employment.
During her tenure, Sperry has championed innovative strategies that have grown Peckham’s footprint in other regions, created a new standard for universally designed facilities for those with barriers and helped to expand and enrich human service programs and higher-wage jobs for its clients.
Sperry serves as a board member for Incompass Michigan, the Lansing Area Economic Partnership (LEAP), House of Ruth, the Gateway Corridor Improvement Authority and the Re-Write It project. Sperry holds a Master of Business Administration from Michigan State University.