Terrance D. Carroll was the 54th Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives. He is the only African-American to have served as Speaker of the Colorado House. Terrance has been listed by 5280 Magazine as one of the “50 Most Influential People in Denver,” Terrance’s entry noted his reputation as a skillful dealmaker, stating that he is a “critical and respected negotiator.” He is also an opinion columnist for the Denver Post as well as a Distinguished Guest Lecturer in the Master of Public Policy program at the University of Redlands in California.
Additionally, Terrance has been listed as Power Book Industry Leader in Law by the Denver Business Journal. He is an alum of the Marshall Memorial Fellowship of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. He previously served as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.
Terrance is a graduate of the Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law, and holds a Master of Divinity degree from the Iliff School of Theology in Denver. He also an ordained minister in the American Baptist Churches-USA and the Progressive National Baptist Church.
