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Terrie Wood's Biography

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Full Name:

Terrie E. Wood

Gender:

Female

Family:

Husband: Jay; 3 Children

Birth Place:

Cleveland, OH

Home City:

Darien, CT

BA, Art History, Rollins College

Representative, Connecticut State House of Representatives, District 141, 2008-present

Minority Policy Chair, Connecticut State House of Representatives, 2019-2023

Candidate, Connecticut Secretary of State, 2022

Minority Whip, Connecticut State House of Representatives, 2017-2021

Candidate, Connecticut State House of Representatives, District 141, 2020

Member, Finance, Revenue, and Bonding Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives, present

Member, Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives, present

Member, Human Services Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives, present

Former Ranking Member, Children Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Member, Environment Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Ranking Member, Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Former Member, Regulation Review Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives

Owner, Terrie Wood Photography, 1990-2002

Former Chair, Barbara Harrington Fund

Former Member, Darien Representative Town Meeting

Former Member, Republican Town Committee

Former Trustee, The Community Fund

Member, Advisory Board, The Trust for Public Land, 2003-2018

President, Board of Trustees, Darien Land Trust, 2000-2009

Member, Community Fund Allocations Panel, 2006-2007

President, Darien Land Trust, 2003-2007

Co-Chair, “YES…DHS” Referendum Committee, 2001

Trustee, Darien Library, 1993-1999

Co-Founder/Chair, Darien Environmental Group, 1990-1996

Awards:

Legislator of the Year, 2015, Connecticut College of Emergency Physicians
Family Legislator of the Year, 2014, Connecticut Council of Family Service Agencies
Children's Champion, 2013, Connecticut Early Childhood Alliance
Stepping Up for Children Award, 2013, Stepping Stones Museum
Cooperative Education Services Leadership Award, 2009

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