Terry is a life-long entrepreneur, focused on business, politics, and family. Terry has been an active real estate investor, leading six NYSE-listed REITs. Through the Considine Companies and an ASE-listed investment company, Terry has invested in real estate, television broadcasting, gasoline distribution and convenience stores, environmental services, golf courses, community development, and venture capital. Terry took his apartment business public in 1994 and served Aimco as Chairman/CEO until December 2020 when Aimco was separated into two REITS: Apartment Income Residential Communities (“AIR”) where Terry continues as CEO and “new” Aimco, the successor to the “old” Aimco development business, where Terry is a member of the board of directors. In 2017, Terry was inducted into the Colorado Business Hall of Fame.
Terry has been active in politics, elected twice to the Colorado Senate and holding leadership roles in numerous campaigns and political activities. Terry has campaigned across the country for term limits, a non-partisan reform to limit how long politicians stay in office. He is a cofounder of both Leadership Program of the Rockies and also Club for Growth.
Terry has also engaged in community, philanthropic, and church organizations including serving as a director and past chairman of the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, and as a director of the Augustine Institute. In 2019, Terry was awarded an honorary doctorate by Colorado Christian University.
Terry has been married for 46 years to his wife Betsy who has served on numerous community and school boards, including a term as president of the Women’s Foundation of Colorado. Working with others, she was a leader in starting two schools: The Ricks Center, a primary school for gifted children, located on the campus of the University of Denver; and the girls’ division for Regis Jesuit High School, in Aurora, Colorado.