Born Chicago, Illinois
 
Graduated
Lake Forest High School. Lake Forest Illinois
Colorado Woman College, Denver, Colorado
Barat College, Lake Forest, Illinois
Post Graduate Work
Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois
Chicago State University, Chicago, Illinois
 
Degrees in English, Theatre Arts, Education
 
Currently
CEO TalentINK. LA-NY
2nd Vice President - Talent Managers Association
 
Past
Owned/Operated GREASPAINT and SPOTLIGHTS school of performing arts
 Libertyville, Illinois
Six Years on National Board of Directors  AFTRASubstitute Member Board of Directors  SAG

Terrie is the product of the Mid-West, born in Chicago and raised on the North Shore.  She attended Colorado Woman's College in Denver, Colorado, Barat College in Lake Forest, Illinois, Chicago University and Northeaster University both in Chicago.  She holds degrees in Acting/Directing, Film, Education and English.

Terrie was a Shirley Temple wanna-be (before anyone was ever a “wanna-be"), always dancing, singing and being a total “drama queen".  Terrie and her former husband had a production company in Chicago where she learned producing from the inside out (hiring Byrne Piven many times and putting up with Jeremy, who was just out of his “ankle-biter" stage).  She also started Greasepaint and Spotlights school for performing arts (noted alumni - Zach Orth, whose IMDb rating is far better than hers) and was invited to join the still-not-quite-famous STEPPENWOLF Theatre Company just as they were moving from Highland Park into Chicago, which she didn't do... something about needing to raise her two sons (James - now professor and dean of classical music at the University of Missouri, and Matthew - now a rock star - maybe you saw them/him recently on Jimmy Kimmel?).

Not quite ready to give up on a dream and at the really old age of ??? Terrie was cast as Aunt Leslie (thank you Jane Jenkins, Janet Hirshensen and most completely and forever John Hughes) in the now classic HOME ALONE and HOME ALONE 2, LOST IN NEW YORK.

Blissfully unaware of the difference between the Chicago and Los Angeles markets, Terrie (sans husband and grown children) made the leap of faith and relocated to Los Angeles discovering “we aren't in Kansas anymore"!

After several years working as an actress in Los Angeles, her then manager Lin Bickelmann (Encore Talent Management) asked Terrie to open a youth division.  Terrie's first find was Jerry Farrara whom she brought out from New York and groomed for a career as an actor... too bad that didn't go anywhere.

In 2001, after 9/11, Terrie decided to open her own management company - TalentINK. LA-NY.  In 2003 Terrie joined the Talent Managers Association.  Terrie credits the support and guidance of the TMA and its members with showing her how to become a brilliant manager.  Terrie is serving her 7th year as a board member.  She is currently serving as the second vice president after stints as corresponding secretary and director at large

John Mills, a graduate of Northwestern University, has been part of the live performance producer/director community in Illinois, Wisconsin and Massachusetts for several decades. John has also written and produced shows for major corporations. We are delighted to have his "casting eye" scouting for TalentINK. LA-Chicago-NY.