Terry Alexander

Representative Terry Alexander is the South Carolina House of Representative for District No. 59, serving Florence and Darlington Counties, and has been an elected official for over 26 years, beginning his career as the field director for Congressman Robin Tallon. He went on to serve on the Florence County Council for 16 years. He is a businessman, an education consultant, a career development counselor, a pastor and an adjunct professor of religion. He received an Associate’s Degree from Durham Business College, his B.A. from Francis Marion University, his M. Div. degree from Howard University and an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree. He obtained Two Units of Clinical Pastoral Education from Palmetto Health Alliance; attended the Graduate Institute of Government for County Officials and the Graduate South Carolina Economic Developers’ School. He is a lifelong youth advocate, humanitarian and has served as the former president of the Florence County Boys and Girls Club, Habitat for Humanity, and the NAACP. He is a charter member of the Florence Breakfast Rotary Club, the Mercy Medicine Board and works with the South Carolina Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, HIV-AIDS Task Force and serves on the South Carolina House of Representatives’ Study Committee on Opioid Abuse. He serves on the Education and Public Works Committee, as well as the Regulations and Administrative Procedures Committee in the House of Representatives. He is also an alumni of Institute of Medicine and Public Health Policy Fellows Program and now serves on the Institute of Medicine and Public Health’s Board of Directors. He is concerned with issues of healthcare, education and justice and is compassionate about using his life to serve God and humanity. He is a proud member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.