Teri enjoys reading books of any kind and reads a lot of them through out the year. Teri enjoys baking and gardening when she has the time. Teri has a lot of different experience as she has worked in the medical field for 20 years, attended nursing school, has worked in the school systems, and has volunteered by being on the board for a non-profit softball organization in the Grand Island community. This lead to Teri being a part of the GIPS Foundation every year and reviewed scholarship applications and the awarding of scholarships. Teri has one daughter, Olivia, who is 19 and is exploring her newly minted adulthood. Teri is planning to make the move to Lincoln from Grand Island in the near future.

• Training for the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Children and Family Services (DCFS), Protection and Safety Workforce