Additionally, she was the founding executive director of the Blinken Open Society Archives in Budapest, Hungary, where she mentored a young Sebastian Gorka.

Shortly before Trudy Huskamp Peterson's tenure as Archivist of the United States, the agency was accused of mismanagement and neglect as far as the records they maintained.

[7] Just three months into her tenure, the agency lost a ruling which stated that they "failed to preserve and protect computer tapes made during the Reagan and Bush administrations.

[7] Peterson also helped to streamline the work force, and implemented open forum discussions where employees could address their concerns with her directly.

[7] In 2019, Trudy Huskamp Peterson was the recipient of the Emmett Leahy Award for her "sustained international leadership over the past several decades.