Raised on a farm in Northeast Iowa, Peg earned her CNA certification through a summer course taught by her mother at the local community college in 1982. Peg received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology and Chemistry from the University of Northern Iowa in 1986, and her Master of Physical Therapy degree from the Graduate College of the University of Iowa in 1988. 

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After several years of successful development and application of the scope and efficacy of outpatient care at the Atrium Clinic of Mercy Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa, Peg accepted a position at Clinic Manager and Primary Therapist at H&W Therapy in Carbondale, Colorado becoming the only Physical Therapist between Glenwood Springs and Basalt at that time. The work of caring for the locally-rooted ranchers and miners and their families in collaboration with some of the most caring primary care physicians and skilled orthopedic surgeons in the world, drew Peg into the Vally community to stay. Over the past 30+ years, her work in the Roaring Fork Valley has encompassed staff management, directorship, and the provision of skilled care in outpatient, nursing home, hospital, home health and horse barn settings from Parachute to Aspen. Roles have included being the first Physical Therapist hired by Heritage Park Care Center, developing and implementing its outpatient and in-house patient-rehab and staff-training programs, and being the founding therapist and director of Columbine Home Health's rehabilitation department.

 

Peg's current private practice, Physical Therapy Delivered, bands direct care (assessment and treatment for all sorts of conditions in clients' homes, in the gym or club, and on the slopes and trails, as well as in her Woody Creek office), with consultant offerings including trainings and education programs for skilled healthcare providers as well as non-medical personal care givers. 

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Music Bio

Along with running her own Physical Therapy practice in Woody Creek, Peg also works with music, literature, watercolor, and plants for medicine and for fun.

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Peg grew up learning piano from her grandmother, and singing at church-weddings, parties, and funerals throughout the countryside with her brothers.  Other patient and beloved piano teachers were Kay McDonnell and Lori Knuth. 

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After moving to Colorado, Peg took one guitar lesson from Sandy Monroe (a prize won at the KDNK Labor of Love Auction) Since then she enjoys jamming and singing with local musicians such as Frank Martin, Jimmy Ibbotson, Doug McLain, Steve and Molly Child, and Kim Spence. 

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In the summer of 2026 Peg attended Richard Thompson's Friends & Family Acoustic Guitar & Songwriting Camp in Big Indian, New York, where she worked directly with Mary Gauthier and Teddy Thompson. 

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Peg is now delighted to be part of TACAW's House band, The Roommates, alongside Dana Underwood, Mike Facey, David Brown and John Michael and led by William H. Macy. 

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Peg's favorite color is yellow, and her favorite smell is a wild, thriving juniper tree.