Terra Lawson-Remer

Terra Lawson-Remer
Official portrait, 2021
Vice Chair of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors
Incumbent
Assumed office January 10, 2023
Preceded by	Nora Vargas
Member of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors for the 3rd district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 4, 2021
Preceded by	Kristin Gaspar
Personal details
Born	Terra Eve Lawson-Remer July 1978 (age 45) San Diego, California, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Children	1
Parents	Shari Lawson Larry Remer
Relatives	Alexa (sister)
Residence	Encinitas, California
Education	Yale University (BA) New York University (JD and PhD)
Awards	Grawemeyer Award (2019)
Website	www.terralawsonremer.org

Terra Eve Lawson-Remer (born July 1978) is an American politician currently serving as the Vice Chair of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. She has served on the Board since 2021 and was elected Vice Chair on January 10, 2023.^[1] A member of the Democratic Party, Lawson-Remer previously worked as a professor at The New School and the University of California, San Diego, and as a senior advisor in the U.S. Treasury Department.

Born in San Diego, Lawson-Remer grew up in the Mission Hills neighborhood and attended La Jolla High School. Lawson-Remer graduated from Yale University with a bachelor's degree in ethics, politics, and economics in 2000, later attending New York University, where she received a Juris Doctor and Doctor of Philosophy. After her education, Lawson-Remer worked for the World Bank and the U.S. Treasury Department during the Barack Obama administration. She then became a professor at The New School and the University of California, San Diego, teaching public policy.

In 2020, Lawson-Remer campaigned to become a supervisor in the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, successfully defeating the Republican incumbent Kristin Gaspar. By winning the supervisory seat, Lawson-Remer shifted control of the Board of Supervisors toward the Democrats for the first time in a generation.