State Representative - Williamson County

Representative Terry M. Wilson

Texas House District 20

Colonel Terry Wilson, US Army (Ret.), was born in Odessa, Texas. He is a committed husband and father, and a decorated combat veteran. He holds a BS in Business Administration from Texas A&M University and an MS in Strategic Logistics Plans and Management from the Air War University.

Terry retired from the Army after serving over 30 years, where he was a highly regarded senior leader within the Department of the Army. He is well versed in major weapons systems development, as well as command and control, communications, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems. As a Department of Defense Acquisition Executive, he managed research and development programs with multi-billion-dollar budgets and partnered in systems development with major corporations and universities.

Terry gained a reputation of exceeding performance expectations while delivering needed capability that was ahead of schedule and under budget. He has extensive experience in providing leadership, balancing budgets, and working with Congress, Homeland Defense, the State Department and foreign governments. Since retirement, he has leveraged that experience as an advocate for exceptional and talented small businesses, helping them break through bureaucracy to deliver technology to our warfighters.

Terry has been married to his wife, Shannon, for 26 years and together they have two sons, William (20) and Benjamin (18). They are members of First Baptist Church in Marble Falls. He is also an Assistant Scout Master and supports local education by speaking to students in the schools and serving on special projects.

As State Representative for House District 20, Terry is honored to serve as the Appropriations Article III chair which oversees all funding for public education and higher education, making up 40% of the entire state budget. Drawing upon his military and leadership experience in research and development, Terry is committed to expanding vocational education opportunities for all students, so they can graduate with a degree, be college and job ready with a certificate in hand.

In the past, Terry has also served on the Higher Education, Criminal Jurisprudence, and Defense & Veterans Affairs committees. Additionally, Terry had the privilege of chairing the Aggregate Productions and Operations Interim Committee. His primary focus was to address nuisance concerns with aggregate production companies without over-regulating and over- burdening industry. This session, he was able to negotiate legislation that encourages industry best practice measures by aggregate production operations and batch plants.

Colonel Wilson is committed to using his leadership experience in government and industry to expand new industrial investment and competitive career training within House District 20 and all of Texas, while lowering the burden on taxpayers.