Teri is a founding partner of The Thalia Group LLC and has worked in the nonprofit sector since 1979 in a variety of senior leadership roles, as a consultant, and trainer. Her organizational development expertise includes executive leadership transition, executive & Board Chair coaching, strategic planning, governance, meeting facilitation, teambuilding, and change management.  

Teri’s experience as a trustee on both local and national governing boards, plus her more than 20 years as a non-profit CEO and experienced Interim Executive, gives her a unique perspective. In 2010, she founded and continues to facilitate, a quarterly roundtable for nonprofit Board Chairs on Maryland’s rural eastern shore.

Teri holds a Masters of Human Services Administration from Antioch University New England where she focused on organizational development, consulting, and training. Her values-based approach to her work with all her clients is informed by her work with Parker Palmer, the Trustee Leadership Development Program, and her training and experiences as a Project Adventure facilitator. Teri is also a BoardSource Certified Nonprofit Governance Consultant.

Teri has consulted with diverse clients across the country, including these NH organizations:  NH Library Association, White Mountain Science Institute, Aspire Living & Learning, Circle Program,  Mid-State Health Center, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation/Tillotson Fund, The Colonial Theatre, North Country Chamber of Commerce, Tapply Thompson Community Center, CADY, New Hampshire Institute for Civics Education,  Women’s Rural Entrepreneurial Network (WREN), NH Center for Nonprofits, New Hampshire Rural Home Care Network, Sunnybrook Montessori, Littleton Habitat for Humanity, The Frost Place Poetry Center and Museum, North Country Home Health and Hospice Agency, and the Upper Connecticut Valley Community Coalition.