Sarah Peterson serves in a variety of roles at Minnetonka-based Recover Health, including as a clinical manager in Recover’s complex skilled hourly nursing program and a CPR instructor. She also pioneered Recover Health’s Covid-19 swab testing team. Peterson has also made significant contributions to patient care, leadership, educational initiatives, and the mentoring of hundreds of families, nurses, and health care professionals.

In June and July, during the peak of the Covid-19 outbreak in New York City, Peterson flew there to assist the city hospital system. She spent 64 days using her extensive ventilator knowledge on the front lines in the Brooklyn Covid ICU hospital.