Ruth Ann Terry, MPH, RN

Ruth Ann Terry,
Executive Officer

Ruth Ann Terry currently serves as the Executive Officer of the Board of Registered Nursing. She received a BSN from San Francisco State University and a Masters Degree in Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley.

Prior to assuming the executive officer position, she was the Board's Supervising Nursing Education Consultant where she reconstructed the regulatory approach to nursing education. Prior to joining the Board of Registered Nursing, she was a Nursing Education Consultant with the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians.

Ms. Terry was a clinical professor at University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing, in the graduate and undergraduate programs in community health and health planning for many years.

She continues to be an active member in a number of organizations, such as the American Public Health Association and the Association of California Nurse Leaders, and finds time to serve on numerous community boards and commissions.