Rootstock’s Project Director and Strategist, Terra is a creative, problem-solving, process oriented people-person who also has a knack for great storytelling and wordsmithing. She uses her combined experience in the fields of project and team management, event programming, customer service, teaching, and professional writing and editing to develop strong teams and systems, create exceptional meetings and events, humanely troubleshoot challenges of all kinds, and both write and shape great content. (She is also the award-winning author of eight novels for young adults.) The former manager of Little Shop of Stories, and former Assistant Program Director (and then Program Director) of the AJC Decatur Book Festival, Terra has a Master’s Degree in Creative Writing from Florida State University, and an Honors BA in Creative Writing from St. Andrews University. She lives in Decatur, GA with her sweetheart, Rob.