Peter Weng
Founder, EWS Collective

Peter Weng is the founder of the EWS Collective, which is focused on supporting nonprofit environmental and social justice organizations to increase mental well-being and mission-attainment.  

Prior to the EWS Collective, Peter was the CEO of Healthy Minds Innovations, affiliated with the Center for Healthy Minds neuroscience research center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the Chief Business Officer at the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute, the non-profit created from Google’s mindfulness program.  He spent many years as a technology executive at Google, including as the Director of Search Quality Evaluation, and in multiple roles in Dell, Inc.  Peter has worked in the United States, United Kingdom, China, and Poland and also held management and engineering positions in industrial water treatment at Rohm and Haas and Argo Scientific.

Peter is a co-founder of the Asian American Pacific Islander Collective, Santa Cruz, co-led the first Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Festival in Santa Cruz County in 2022, and helps to host an Asian American Pacific Islander online author series.  He serves on the board of the Arts Council Santa Cruz County and the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History and is also a volunteer surf coach with the Black Surf Club Santa Cruz.  He performs with the Cloud Mirage Circus as he was formerly a semi-professional rollerdisco dancer and musician.  

Peter holds a bachelor’s degree in agricultural and biological engineering from Cornell University and master’s degrees in environmental engineering and international business from the University of California, Los Angeles.