Rose (Rosemary) Terranova retired after a 40+ year career in social services administration. As the City of St. Louis Director of Human Services, and the St. Louis County Director of Family and Community Services, she conceived, developed, implemented, managed, and evaluated programs for children and youth, older adults, homeless people, people with disabilities, and veterans.

She developed and was the founding director of the Housing Resource Center, a prevention/crisis/re-housing agency for people at risk of homelessness, and served as  Director of Community Relations for Grand Center Inc. She currently works for the Fabulous Fox Theatre and volunteers for Abortion Access Missouri.