Full Name
Vice Chair Terra Lawson-Remer
Job Title
Vice Chair Terra Lawson-Remer
Company
San Diego County Board of Supervisors District 3
Speaker Bio
Terra Lawson-Remer joined the San Diego County Board of Supervisors in 2021, and she represents the coastal communities. She’s served for two consecutive years as Vice-Chair of the Board of Supervisors.
Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer is an economist, attorney, grassroots organizer, and educator who has dedicated her life to working for social, environmental and economic justice.
Terra has served as a Senior Advisor in the Obama Administration, written award-winning research books, taught graduate students as a professor of public policy, and worked with the United Nations, World Bank, Amnesty International, and governments worldwide to advance sustainable development and economic inclusion.
Growing up in San Diego, Terra’s first job in public service was nearly 25 years ago, as a San Diego City Council staffer. After graduating from Yale and earning her law degree and PhD on a full scholarship to NYU, she worked around the world as an economist to create jobs, restart businesses, and generate economic activity after a crisis.
A passionate environmentalist, Terra helped the World Bank create its Climate Finance program, which funds billions of dollars of clean energy projects around the world, and worked to develop policies to cut pollution from oil drilling and mining as a Senior Advisor in the US Treasury Department under the Obama Administration.
Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer is an economist, attorney, grassroots organizer, and educator who has dedicated her life to working for social, environmental and economic justice.
Terra has served as a Senior Advisor in the Obama Administration, written award-winning research books, taught graduate students as a professor of public policy, and worked with the United Nations, World Bank, Amnesty International, and governments worldwide to advance sustainable development and economic inclusion.
Growing up in San Diego, Terra’s first job in public service was nearly 25 years ago, as a San Diego City Council staffer. After graduating from Yale and earning her law degree and PhD on a full scholarship to NYU, she worked around the world as an economist to create jobs, restart businesses, and generate economic activity after a crisis.
A passionate environmentalist, Terra helped the World Bank create its Climate Finance program, which funds billions of dollars of clean energy projects around the world, and worked to develop policies to cut pollution from oil drilling and mining as a Senior Advisor in the US Treasury Department under the Obama Administration.
