Terra Rentz, AWB ®

Deputy Directory of Government Affairs
terra@wildlife.org

Terra Rentz is the Deputy Director of Government Affairs. She first joined TWS in the Spring of 2009 as a Policy Intern and returned to the Society’s team in the fall of 2010 as the Assistant Director of Government Affairs after working as the Teaming With Wildlife Program Associate for the Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies in Washington, D.C, and later became the Deputy Director in 2012. Terra received a B.S. and a B.A. from Humboldt State University studying both Wildlife Management & Conservation and Political Science, and became a certified Associate Wildlife Biologist in 2011. She has been a member of TWS National since 2006 and has worked in the natural resources field since 2000 on a range of issues including environmental education, wildlife management, conservation policy and community planning. Terra is responsible for contributing to efforts within the Government Affairs & Partnership program, overseeing the Society’s Technical Review process, and providing policy support and resources to all of the Society’s subunits to enhance work on local, state wide and regional conservation affairs issues and engaging subunits on conservation issues at a national scale.