Maarten D. Terry

Maarten Terry was elected to the Connecticut College Board of Trustees in 2021.

A media executive, Terry has more than 30 years of experience in direct marketing and brand management in diverse categories including telecommunications, books, magazines, coffee, and tobacco. Terry is a founding partner of ConvergeDirect, a direct response media firm that delivers strategic solutions in media planning and buying, analysis, and marketing services. Prior to ConvergeDirect, he was vice president and group marketing director for Time4Media, a division of Time, Inc., and product manager for Philip Morris and Kraft Foods.

Terry serves as a senior mentor for COOP Careers, an organization that works to help individuals overcome underemployment by improving digital skills and making peer connections. He is a former board member of the United Way of New Canaan and a former board member and vice president of A Better Chance of New Canaan, a community-based organization focused on offering academically talented minority students a range of opportunities that may not be available in their own communities.