Terri Balliet

Terri supports mixed-income and workforce housing solutions near transit and job centers. She will champion smart development and partnerships to ensure housing is accessible for working families.

Terri supports mixed-income and workforce housing solutions near transit and job centers. She will champion smart development and partnerships to ensure housing is accessible for working families.

Terri will work to modernize outdated infrastructure and support climate-smart stormwater and flood mitigation projects to protect neighborhoods from rising seas and stronger storms.

Terri will work to modernize outdated infrastructure and support climate-smart stormwater and flood mitigation projects to protect neighborhoods from rising seas and stronger storms.

As COO, Terri managed a multimillion-dollar budget and oversaw more than twenty programs, including child welfare, substance abuse and mental health services, and elder and disability support.

Terri Balliet brings extensive leadership experience and a distinguished record of service to children and families across the Tampa Bay Area and Florida. She spent nearly two decades with Gulf Coast Jewish & Family Community Services, advancing from Case Management Supervisor in 2004 to Chief Operating Officer from 2014 to 2022. As COO, Terri managed a multimillion-dollar budget and oversaw more than twenty programs, including child welfare, substance abuse and mental health services, and elder and disability support. She also played a pivotal role in launching the Community Assistance Life Liaison (CALL) program in partnership with the St. Petersburg Chief of Police—a model that has since gained national recognition. On July 1, 2022, Terri became Chief Executive Officer of the Children’s Network of Hillsborough, establishing Circuit 13’s new lead child welfare agency. Under her leadership, CNHC oversees a $120 million budget, more than 300 employees, and a highly complex child welfare system. CNHC has achieved measurable progress in prevention, reunification, and adoption through broad-based system reforms in collaboration with community partners. Terri’s impact has been recognized locally, statewide, and nationally. She was honored by the White House for her participation in Operation Dragon Eye, a U.S. Marshals–led initiative to recover missing children and human trafficking victims. Other accolades include the Community Champions Award for safely reducing foster care pla

Williams Park is one of several examples of how a business improvement district can foster cleaner, safer streets, activate, community programming, and bolster support for local restaurants, artist, and small business businesses.

Williams Park is one of several examples of how a business improvement district can foster cleaner, safer streets, activate, community programming, and bolster support for local restaurants, artist, and small business businesses.

Terri supports safer, more walkable streets, expanded trolley and transit options, and sustainable, transportation alternatives that connect people to jobs, services, opportunity across the city.

Terri supports safer, more walkable streets, expanded trolley and transit options, and sustainable, transportation alternatives that connect people to jobs, services, opportunity across the city.