Debe Terhar

Debe Terhar is a US politician and member of the Republican Party. She currently serves as president of the Ohio State Board of Education.

Debe Terhar was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and has resided in California, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Maryland, and England before moving to Ohio in 1989. She is a former Montessori teacher with experience in Early Childhood Montessori Education. Terhar served on the Cincinnati Montessori Society Board of Directors and on the Parent's Advisory Council of the Kelly O'Leary Center for Autism at Cincinnati Children's Hospital.

Terhar is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Xavier University and currently serves as a Board Member on the Women of Excellence Council of Xavier's President's Advisory Council. She is a founding member of the American Spirit Education Alliance, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of American heritage.

She is a past president of the Hamilton County Republican Women's Club, a member of the Warren County Republican Women's Club, the Hamilton County Republican Club, The Green Township Republican Club and an early participant in the Tea Party movement. She is active in both the Northwest and Southwest Tea Parties of Hamilton County and the Lebanon Tea Party in Warren County.

Terhar is married to Louis Terhar, a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 30th district. They reside in the Cincinnati suburb of Monfort Heights. They have four children and four grandchildren.

Terhar was elected to the Ohio State Board of Education in November 2010. Her term continues until December 2014. She was elected president of the state board in March 2011 with the support of Gov. John Kasich and reelected to the post in January 2013.

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