Terry Lee, Founder and Executive Director – Terry is a pastor’s wife, nurse, mother of five and grandmother of four beautiful children.
Graduating from Clemson University in 1984 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Terry has acquired over forty years of experience in clinical nursing, as well as quality outcomes management and regulatory compliance preparedness. She was awarded “Excellence in the Practice of Hospital Nursing” by the South Carolina Hospital Association and was recognized for “Best Practice” in the conduction of clinical case review as a root cause analyst.
Terry is a board-certified Mental Health Coach, certified by The International Board of Christian Care (IBCC), a recognized segment of the American Association of Christian Counselors. She is also credentialed as a Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) USA instructor in both MHFA for Adults, as well as MHFA for Adults Who Are Assisting Children and Youth.
Terry has served as the Founder and Executive Director of Overflow Foundation since its inception in 2019. In 2023, she expanded the size of the board, challenging and leading the new Board of Directors to expand the original mission and vision of the organization. In 2024, Overflow Foundation became one of only fifteen organizations across the globe to announce the intent to plant a Clubhouse International model of psychosocial rehabilitation in a community and open the doors of the facility in the same calendar year.
As a pastor’s wife, Terry serves along-side her husband, Phillip, who is the Senior Pastor of Cedar Creek Church (CCC) in Aiken, South Carolina. Together, Phillip and Terry strive to uphold the mission of the church by helping broken and hurting people find their way back to God. The work of Overflow Foundation, as well as the work of CCC, intersect and complement one another in the overall mission of Pouring Hope Into Life. (#PHIL)