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HOWARD COUNTY, MARYLAND

COUNTY COUNCIL


[photo, Jennifer R. Terrasa, County  Council, Howard County, Maryland] JENNIFER R. TERRASA, Esq., Member, County Council (Democrat)



Member, County Council, representing District 3, Howard County, since December 2006 (vice-chair, 2006-09, & Dec. 6, 2010 to Dec. 5, 2011; chair, Dec. 3, 2012 to Dec. 2, 2013).

Board of Directors, Maryland Economic Development Corporation, 2007-13. Member, Task Force on Student Physical Fitness in Maryland Public Schools, 2008-09. Member, Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee, 2012-. Past member, Planning Board, Howard County. Vice-Chair, Board of License Commissioners, Howard County, 2013-14 (member, 2006-). Vice-Chair, Zoning Board, Howard County, 2007, 2013- (member, 2006-; chair, 2009-10, 2011-12). Member, Behavioral Health Task Force, Howard County, 2014-15. Member, Advisory Council on Health and Physical Education, State Department of Education, 2014-.

Attended Oakland Mills High School, Columbia, Maryland; University of Maryland at College Park, B.A. (sociology), summa cum laude, 1992; University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D. (summa cum laude), 1997. Law clerk to Judge Howard S. Chasanow, Court of Appeals, 1997-98; Judge Lenore R. Gelfman, Howard County Circuit Court, 1998-99. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1997. Attorney. Family Law Hotline Attorney, Women's Law Center of Maryland, 2000-06. President, Stoneridge Home Owners Association, 2000-03. Board of Directors, Kings Contrivance Community Association, 2001-06 (past vice-chair). Member, Legislative Committee, Maryland Association of Counties, 2006- (education subcommittee, 2011-). Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 2008. Member, Guilford Elementary Parent-Teacher Association (PTA); delegate, PTA Council of Howard County. Adjunct faculty, University of Baltimore School of Law, 2003-06. Married; three children.

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