Terri has tremendous talent and a distinguished history of serving children and families in the Suncoast region and across Florida.

Her extensive local experience includes nearly two decades of service at Gulf Coast Jewish & Family Community Services. She progressed through the ranks in child welfare, from Case Management Supervisor in 2004 to Chief Operating Officer from 2014 to 2022. As COO at Gulf Coast JFCS, she oversaw a multimillion-dollar budget and over twenty child welfare, behavioral health, and elder and disabled services programs. Terri was instrumental in developing the Community Assistance Life Liaison (CALL) program, in partnership with the St. Petersburg Chief of Police. This program became a national model for other communities.

Terri joined the Children’s Network of Hillsborough on July 1, 2022, as the Chief Executive Officer, where she initiated the new lead agency for child welfare in Circuit 13. Her leadership has led to significant improvements in prevention, reunification, and adoption, all of which are part of the comprehensive reforms achieved by CNHC and its partners.

Previously a recipient of the Community Champions Award for her efforts to safely reduce the number of children in foster care in Pinellas County, Terri is a former Chair of the Board of Directors for the Florida Coalition for Children. Additionally, in April 2022, she was recognized as a Community Hero by the Tampa Bay Lightning Foundation. She is an alumna of Leadership Tampa Bay and a Board-Certified Child Protective Professional in Florida. In March 2025, she was one of 30 women honored as a Business Woman of the Year by the Tampa Bay Business Journal. She has also been newly appointed to serve on the St. Petersburg Police Department Citizen Policy Review Committee (CPRC). She holds an M.S. in Guidance Counseling and a B.S. in Criminology from the University of South Florida.