Terry Spahr

Spahr was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 17, 1966. He graduated from The Haverford School and attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a bachelor's degree in American History in 1988. At Penn he played squash in and achieved All American{{Cite web |date=1988-06-20 |title=1987-1988 Men's All-Ivy League Team {{!}} College Squash Association |url=https://csasquash.com/1988/06/20/1987-1988-mens-all-ivy-league-team/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2005-08-09 |title=Men's Squash Award Winners |url=https://pennathletics.com/story.aspx?filename=5771a3dfe4b0028e7235accb_131492804995286481&file_date=6/27/2016 |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=University of Pennsylvania Athletics |language=en}} recognition in the sport. He returned to Penn and earned a master's degree in Public Administration from the Fels Institute of Government in 1996.

In 1988 Spahr started in the financial services field selling insurance and investment products through Northwestern Mutual Life and Baird Securities earning his series 6 and 63 securities licenses and achieving CLU and CHFC designations.

Subsequently, Spahr acquired his Virginia Real Estate sales license in 1996 and joined Long & Foster Real Estate as a salesperson. In 2001 he was appointed to open and managed the company's first real estate office in Pennsylvania, and in 2011 he was promoted to regional vice president. Spahr was responsible for the growth and success of over twenty Long and Foster offices and 1000 agents throughout New Jersey, Delaware and the Eastern Shore of Maryland. He was a member of the board of directors of Long and Foster Companies.

In 2016 he left the real estate industry to write and produce 8 Billion Angels,{{Cite web |title=8 Billion Angels: A Film and Conversation Confronting the Impact of Unsustainable Growth {{!}} Johns Hopkins Events |url=https://events.jhu.edu/archive/8_billion_angels_a_film_and_conv |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=events.jhu.edu}}{{Cite web |last=Rubin |first=Rebecca |date=2021-03-11 |title=Controversial Overpopulation Documentary '8 Billion Angels' Sells to Abramorama (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/documentary-8-billion-angels-abramorama-1234928295/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} an award-winning environmental and human health documentary, that premiered globally April 2021. In 2018 Spahr established Earth Overshoot, a 501c3 non profit focused on education and advocacy for a sustainable world, and acts as the organization's Executive Director. An expert in sustainability, he lectures,{{Cite web |title=8 Billion Angels: A Film and Conversation Confronting the Impact of Unsustainable Growth {{!}} Johns Hopkins Events |url=https://events.jhu.edu/archive/8_billion_angels_a_film_and_conv |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=events.jhu.edu}} does media interviews{{Cite web |last=Yan |first=Wudan |title=For many reporters covering climate, population remains the elephant in the room |url=https://www.cjr.org/covering_climate_now/population-climate-crisis.php |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=Columbia Journalism Review |language=en}}^, and appearances,{{Cite journal |last=Halaris |first=A. E. |last2=Belendiuk |first2=K. T. |last3=Freedman |first3=D. X. |date=1975-10-15 |title=Antidepressant drugs affect dopamine uptake |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19 |journal=Biochemical Pharmacology |volume=24 |issue=20 |pages=1896–1897 |doi=10.1016/0006-2952(75)90412-8 |issn=0006-2952 |pmid=19}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfcQyMUbXyY |title=GlobeDocs Presents: '8 Billion Angels' |date=2021-08-04 |last=The Boston Globe |access-date=2024-11-13 |via=YouTube}}{{Cite web |title='8 Billion Angels' World Premiere for Earth Day |url=https://population.org.au/events/8-billion-angels-world-premiere-for-earth-day/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=Sustainable Population Australia |language=en-AU}} writes blogs,{{Cite web |title=Earth Overshoot {{!}} Blog {{!}} How Do We Achieve Real Sustainability? |url=https://www.earthovershoot.org/news-events/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=www.earthovershoot.org |language=en}} articles and op-eds{{Cite web |last=Spahr |first=Terry |date=2021-04-22 |title=It's time to talk about Earth's unsustainable population growth {{!}} Opinion |url=https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/earth-day-philadelphia-pennsylvania-sustainability-population-20210422.html |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=www.inquirer.com |language=en}} in addition to numerous activist campaigns surrounding humanity's impact on the planet and people.

In 2024 Spahr ran for the New Hampshire State Legislature in the Grafton 12th district as a Democrat. He was successfully elected and will be serving in the 2025 New Hampshire legislative session. He serves on the Ways and Means Committee.

Spahr is divorced and has three adult sons, Callaway, Jackson and Griffin. He lives with his partner Sara Perine in Hanover, New Hampshire.

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