Meet Teri.
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Teri Anulewicz was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 2017. She represents House District 42, which includes Smyrna, parts of Marietta and Cumberland, as well as areas in unincorporated Cobb County. Teri is the Chair of the Cobb Legislative Delegation and serves on the following House committees:
House Appropriations
Public Health
Government Affairs
Transportation
Code Revision
Intragovernmental Coordination Committees
Teri is the secretary for the House Creative Arts and Entertainment Committee. She was appointed in 2021 to serve on the 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 Mayor Pro Tem.
Proud Democrat. Proud Mom. Proud Braves Fan. Proud Scottie.
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.
Affiliations and Awards
Chair, Cobb County Legislative Delegation
Treasurer, Women’s Legislative Caucus
Deputy Whip, Georgia House Democratic Caucus
Co-Chair, State Roads and Highways Subcommittee of the House Transportation Committee
Appointed Member, Georgia Capitol Arts Standards Commission
House Co-Chair of the Georgia-Japan Caucus
House Co-Chair of the Georgia-Taiwan Caucus
2022 Graduate of the the Council of State Government South Center for the Advancement of Leadership Skills (CALS)
E Pluribus Unum Fellow 2021 Cohort
Board member, Marietta Police Athletic League
Cobb Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee
Past member of the Georgia Municipal Association Legislative Policy Council
Participated in the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ Legislative Fellows Program in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2011
Participated in a visit to Japan in 2019 along with several other members of the Georgia General Assembly
Participated in a visit to Taiwan along with several other members of the Georgia General Assembly in September, 2023
Past Treasurer of the Cobb Municipal Association
Member of the Junior League of Atlanta Sustainer Council and Sustainer Representative to the JLA Advocacy & Initiatives Committee; past co-chair of the JLA Political Affairs Committee
Past Chair of the Smyrna Area Council of the Cobb Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Past president of the MOMS Club of Smyrna-Northeast
Past Bible Study group leader at Holy Spirit Catholic Church
Troop leader for the Girl Scouts of America, 2013-present
2022 Legislator of the Year for the Junior League of Atlanta
2022 Women to Marvel awardee for 9to5 Georgia
2021 “20 In Their 40s” by Cobb Life Magazine
2020 Legislative Honoree by Asian Americans Advancing Justice
2020 Atlanta Bicycle Coalition Blinkie "Gold Dome Award" Winner for successful e-bike legislation
2020 Cervical Cancer Awareness Hero for work promoting awareness of the HPV vaccine in Georgia
2018 Cobb County Democratic Party Elected Official of the Year
2014-2015 Catholic Charities of Atlanta Leadership Class
2012 YWCA of Northwest Georgia Women of Achievement Honoree
2008 “20 Rising Stars Under 40” by Cobb Life magazine
2006 graduate of Leadership Cobb