Terri Delgadillo
Terri Delgadill is an Ex-Officio member of the State Independent Living Council and is the Director of the California Department of Developmental Services. She was appointed to her position of Director in September 2006 by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Terri previously served as Interim Director and Chief Deputy Director of the Department of Developmental Services in February 2006. From 2004 to 2006, she served as Deputy Secretary of Program and Fiscal Affairs at the California Health and Human Services Agency. Terri was Deputy Director for the Department of Health Services from 2000 to 2004. From 1997 to 2000, she served in the California Youth and Correctional Agency as acting Undersecretary and Deputy Secretary. She was also Legislative and Policy Director for United States Senators John Seymour and Paul Coverdell from 1991 to 1997. In addition, from 1986 to 1991, she served as Chief Legislative Consultant for the California State Senate Select Committee on Drug and Alcohol Abuse and early in her career worked in special education.
Terri resides in Sacramento and holds a Master of Social Work from California State University, Sacramento and a Bachelor of Arts in Social Science from California State University, Stanislaus.