Teri Grier Director Teri Grier has been active in policy, campaign management, lobbying, and grassroots advocacy since 1992 when she began serving as part of the majority research staff in the Arizona House of Representatives. Her background includes time in state government with the Administration, Legislature and university system, lobbying for both public sector and a trade association, Congress, and the private sector. Ms. Grier has served at DCI Group since 2005. She has served as both a Director developing relationships with strategic alliances and also as the Director of War Room services. Prior to coming to DCI Group, Ms. Grier served three years for Arizona Congressman Rick Renzi. She was part of two congressional campaigns, the transition team, and then became district director and DC office manager. Additional leadership experience includes five years as part of the research staff at the Arizona State Legislature including serving as lead counsel for the Economic Development International Trade and Tourism Committee. During her tenure, she worked on issues such as deregulation of the telecommunications industry, electric retail wheeling, implementation of the NAFTA Free Trade Corridor and other economic development issues. After leaving the Legislature, Ms. Grier served two years as the legislative liaison for Maricopa County and focused on issues such as environmental regulations, right-of-ways, education and healthcare. Ms. Grier was appointed by Governor Jane De Hull to serve as the state telecommunications policy officer where she focused on “no wrong door”, emergency band issues and Y2K. While in graduate school, Ms. Grier worked on several local, state and regional campaigns and also served two years as the government affairs manager for the Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce. Ms. Grier is a graduate of Northern Arizona University where she earned a Bachelor degree in communications and law and a Masters’ degree in public administration. Back to Our People