Peters’ passion for the outdoors led him to work at a sporting goods store, where he decided he had a larger interest in business. As he studied business, Gary decided to pursue accounting and went on to teach at the University of Georgia. In 2003, he left Georgia to come back to his home state of Arkansas and the Walton College. Gary Peters is now the William Dillard Accounting Department Chair and S. Robson Walton Endowed Professor at the University of Arkansas Sam M. Walton College of Business.