Peter is the President and CEO of Westland Development Services, Inc. in Boulder, CO. Westland Development is a real estate development company that builds, owns and manages commercial properties in Colorado and Arizona. Peter received a B.S. in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management from the University of Colorado in 1994 and an MBA in Real Estate from the University of Colorado in 2000. While an undergraduate, Peter served as President of the Arab Student Club which helped organize various social and political events on campus to educate the Boulder community about Arabs and the Palestinian ? Israeli conflict. He also served as co-vice chair of the Cultural Events Board which used student fees to bring political and cultural events to Boulder. Peter?s father, Jabra Aweida, was born in Haifa, Palestine in 1925. Peter was born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1972. Peter married Lalenia Quinlan in June, 2003 and has two daughters, Rose Aweida, born in December, 2004 and Vivian Aweida, born in October, 2007.