IES Leadership

Dr. Terri Helmlinger Ratcliff

Dr. Terri Helmlinger Ratcliff is the Assistant Vice Chancellor of Extension, Engagement, and Economic Development at North Carolina State University, and Executive Director of NC State's Industrial Extension Service. She holds a bachelor's degree in engineering from N.C. State, earned an M.B.A. from Duke University as a Fuqua Scholar, and her Ph.D. is in public administration, also from N.C. State.

Dr. Ratcliff took over the Industrial Extension Service following a 20-year career with Carolina Power and Light Company, where she rose to the position of Director of the Commercial/Industrial Market Development Department. She is a Fellow of the National Society of Professional Engineers, and was the Society's first female president.