Terrie Wheeler, Professional Services Marketing, Inc.
MBC, President

Terrie founded Professional Services Marketing, Inc. (PSM) in 1996 – a consulting firm dedicated exclusively to working with professional services firms and the individuals within those firms.  Terrie walks clients through the strategic business and marketing planning process into implementation which includes expanding relationships with existing clients, attracting new clients, and increasing name recognition and awareness in the marketplace.

Terrie has nearly 20 years of business planning and marketing experience at all levels, including firm wide, regional or branch offices, practice groups, industry groups, and individual marketing initiatives. Since founding the company, Terrie has helped scores of services firms develop and implement strategic business and marketing plans, including implementation of pro bono and philanthropic initiatives.

Other Professional Experience
Prior to founding Professional Services Marketing in 1996, Terrie directed the marketing and client services function for three major Twin Cities law firms – Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, Larkin Hoffman Daly & Lindgren, Ltd., and Popham Haik Schnobrich & Kaufman. In addition, Terrie served as Director of Marketing for a national litigation support services firm and as Director of Client Services for a public relations consulting firm.

Community Activities

• Terrie is a member of the Board of Directors for Great River Greening, a non-profit environmental group that restores valuable and endangered natural areas and open spaces in the greater Twin Cities by engaging individuals and communities in stewardship of the Mississippi, Minnesota, and St. Croix River valleys and their watersheds.
  
  
• Currently serves on the development committee for Milestone Growth Fund, Inc., a non-profit venture capital firm funding ethnic minority businesses. Terrie recently received the 2005 Milestone Growth Fund Outstanding Volunteer Award.
  
  
• She also serves on the long range planning committee for Camp Courage, a camping program for physically and mentally challenged children and adults where she recently helped the organization plan its 50th anniversary celebration.  
  
  
• Terrie is a past chair of the Minnesota State Bar Association's Marketing and Client Services Section and has also served as an investigator and on the screening committee of the Hennepin County Bar Association's Fourth District Ethics Committee.
  
  
• Terrie is a past member of the Board of Directors for Family Pathways in Wyoming, Minnesota, a not-for-profit social services organization.
  
  
• Terrie is a past Business Advisory Board member for Heartland Business Intelligence, now Heartland Investigative Group, the Twin Cities' premier provider of state-of-the-art investigative, protective and forensic services.

Speaking Engagements
Terrie is a frequent presenter on topics related to professional services marketing and has trained for business groups, educational institutions, and professional services firms in Minnesota and throughout the country. Terrie has also served as a guest speaker for undergraduate and graduate students at the University of St. Thomas, the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management, Bethel College, Concordia University, and North Hennepin Community College. Many of Terrie's training sessions have received college or continuing legal education credits.

Education
Terrie holds a Master of Arts degree, magna cum laude, from the Graduate School of Business (MBC), University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota, where she also earned graduate-level certification in public and media relations. Terrie completed her Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, in Organizational Management and Communications, from Concordia University in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Contact Information
Phone: (651) 633-2711
Fax: (651) 636-0422
Email: twheeler@psm-marketing.com