Terie Norelli

Terie Norelli
Norelli takes questions from the press on her first day as speaker
Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
In office December 5, 2012 – December 3, 2014
Preceded by	William L. O'Brien
Succeeded by	Shawn Jasper
In office 2006–2010
Preceded by	Douglas Scamman
Succeeded by	William L. O'Brien
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from the Rockingham 16th district
In office 1996–2014
Personal details
Born	(1952-07-07) July 7, 1952 (age 65) Orange, New Jersey
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Allen
Profession	Educator, Non-Profit CEO

Terie Norelli is a Democratic former member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, serving the Rockingham 16th District and later 26th District from 1996 through 2014. She served as Speaker of the House for six years, from 2006 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2014. When Republicans regained control of the New Hampshire House in 2010, she became the Democratic minority leader. Norelli was the first Democratic speaker of the New Hampshire House in 84 years. When the Democrats regained control of the New Hampshire House in 2012, she was elected to the role of speaker again.

Her first terms as speaker included such legislative milestones as the passage of a marriage equality bill that allowed Gov. John Lynch (New Hampshire) to be the first governor to sign into law a comprehensive right to marry bill and legislation bringing New Hampshire into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. During her last term as speaker she worked with the Republican-led senate to pass Gender Pay Equity and to expand Medicaid under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Prior to her elevation to the speakership, Norelli also served as the ranking Democrat on the House Science, Technology and Energy Committee, where she was the chair of the Clean Air Subcommittee and was deeply involved in the restructuring of the electric industry and reducing harmful air emissions. She has also served on the Public Works and Highways Committee, the Finance Committee and the Rules Committee.

Norelli has long been committed to women’s advocacy, economic and civil rights, and the environment. She attended the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China, in 1995, and helped to organize follow-up conferences in New Hampshire in 1996 and 2000. Norelli has also served on the boards of local and statewide organizations and was a delegate to both the 2008 Democratic National Convention and the 2012 Democratic National Convention.