Terrie Wood Explained

Terrie Wood
Birth Name:Terrie Eaton Egert
Birth Date:14 January 1953
Office:Member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
from the 141st District
Term Start:January 3, 2009
Predecessor:Alex Knopp
Birth Place:Lakewood, Ohio, U.S.
Party:Republican
Term End:January 4, 2023
Succeeded:Tracy Marra
Alma Mater:Rollins College (BA)
Children:3

Terrie Eaton Wood (; née Egert; born January 14, 1953) is an American politician who served as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, representing Darien and Rowayton, Connecticut in the 141st assembly district. She had run unopposed in her first two elections, but faced Democrat Rob Werner for her third.

Life

Wood was born Terrie Eaton Egert January 14, 1953 in Lakewood, Ohio, to Howard Egert, Jr., an attorney, and Janet Jackson Egert (née Jackson; 1925-2018).[1]

Wood is a graduate of Rollins College.[2] She had previously been a member of the Darien Town Meeting and president of the Darien Land Trust.[3] She is the co-founder of The Darien Environmental Group.[4] Wood is a Republican.

Personal life

On July 12, 1975, Egert married John Frederick Wood, Jr., at Rocky River Methodist Church in Darien, Connecticut. His father was an attorney with the United States Fidelity and Guarantee Company in New York.[5] He would later form The Wood Group at Morgan Stanley in Stamford.[6] They have three children and reside in Darien, Connecticut.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: DARIENITE.COM . 2018-06-23 . Janet Egert, 93, Mother of State Rep Terrie Wood . 2023-10-17 . Darienite . en-US.
  2. Web site: Terrie Wood CT State Representative for Darien, Norwalk. CBIA. en-US. 2020-01-07.
  3. http://www.cbia.com/ga/CT_Rep_Terrie_Wood/-N554750 CBIA
  4. http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Terrie_Wood Ballotpedia
  5. News: 1975-03-09 . Terrie Eaton Egert Engaged To John F. Wood Jr., Bank Aide . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-11-17 . 0362-4331.
  6. https://advisor.morganstanley.com/the-wood-group
  7. Web site: Meet Terrie . 2023-10-17 . Terrie Wood . en-US.