Terry Fairchild
Strategic Communications Director
Terry has decades of experience in guiding water and wastewater utility leadership in the art of effectively communicating with elected officials, impacted community members, customers, regulatory agencies, and the news media. She began her career as a reporter and is skilled at developing strategic messaging to inform community engagement and outreach campaigns. During her career, she has collaborated with technical experts in the water and wastewater industry to understand complex challenges, then translate the issues for non-technical audiences to gain public acceptance of difficult issues.
- Areas of Expertise
- Strategic communications
- Stakeholder engagement
- Public outreach
- Communications counsel to senior leadership
- General consulting
- Professional Activities
- Water Environment Foundation (WEF)
- American Water Works Association (AWWA)
- Georgia Association of Water Professionals (GAWP)
- Georgia Section American Water Works Association
- Education
- MA, Georgia State University, Communications/Public Relations
- BS, University of Georgia, Journalism
