Terrie Suit

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT TERRIE SUIT

As the CEO Terrie has led the Virginia REALTORS Association through strategic value transformations to include: establishing a projectized and data driven culture of accountability, creating an economic and market research capability, substantially increasing the legal and risk management support to membership and significantly growing the Association\'s political advocacy influence. Terrie’s real estate background began in 1985 as a REALTOR® and later transitioned into a twenty-year mortgage lending career. In 1996, Terrie was appointed to the Virginia regulatory licensing board (VREB). In she won election to the state legislature where she served as a delegate for nearly a decade. As a delegate, Terrie chaired the General Laws Committee, and the Housing Commission. Terrie was recognized by legislative peers and constituents as an expert on both housing and military relations and led efforts to protect the state from military base closures. In April of 2011, Terrie was appointed by the Governor as Virginia’s first Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security. As an Army daughter and wife of a Navy SEAL, Terrie worked diligently to make Virginia “the most veteran-friendly state in the nation.” In 2022, Governor Glenn Youngkin appointed Terrie to the governing board of the University of Mary Washington. As Virginia REALTORS®’s CEO Terrie has also served at the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) level on multiple committees, including as Vice Chair of the 20••••21 Governance workgroup charged with the monumental task of evaluating and recommending successful changes to the governance structure of the nation\'s largest trade association Terrie is a graduate of both Tidewater Community College and Old Dominion University with a B.S. in Political Science. She completed her M.B.A. at the University of Mary Washington, earned her Certified Association Executive (CAE) designation from the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) and is currently a participant in the National Association of Corporate Director\'s Accelerate™ program where she is completing course work toward her NACD Directorship Certification®. Terrie is an accomplished speaker, strategist and thought leader. She has received numerous awards and recognitions to include being recognized as one of the 500 most influential Virginians, by Virginia Business Magazine, every year since 2020, and one of 37 Women in Business, recognized by the magazine in 2023. Terrie and her husband, Tom, reside south of Washington DC in Spotsylvania County Virginia.