| Teri Anulewicz was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in a special election in November 2017. She represents House District 42, which includes parts of Smyrna and Marietta, as well as areas in unincorporated Cobb County. She serves on the House Appropriations, Transportation, Code Revision and Intragovernmental Coordination committees. She is also the secretary for the House Creative Arts and Entertainment Committee. In 2021, she was appointed to serve on the state's Capitol Arts Standards Commission.
Prior to her service in the legislature, Teri spent a decade representing Ward 3 on the Smyrna City Council. She was first elected in 2007 and was elected to her third term in 2015. In 2016, she was appointed as mayor pro tem for the city.
The firstborn in a family of six children, Teri was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and was raised in New Orleans and in Houston, Texas. She moved to Georgia in 1994 and received her bachelor's degree in International Relations from Agnes Scott College in 1998. Her professional experience includes public affairs and government relations, with an emphasis on advocacy, alliance development, coalition building and grassroots mobilization. Teri lives with her husband, Chris, and their two children near the heart of downtown Smyrna. |