Terry Spahr

Spahr is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania College of Arts & Sciences. He received a Masters in Government Administration from The University of Pennsylvania Fels Center of Government. He had a 25-year career in the insurance, investment and real estate industries, and was executive vice president at Long & Foster Real Estate responsible for managing over 20 offices and 1000 agents in the Mid Atlantic region. He is a former board member of the Long & Foster Companies. Spahr left the business world in 2019 and produced the award-winning feature length environmental documentary, 8-Billion Angels. Spahr is an expert on sustainability and the intersection of human consumption and population as the primary drivers of environmental destruction. He is the Executive Director of Earth Overshoot, a nonprofit, working to make sustainability central to all personal and public decision-making through targeted education and advocacy. A sought after speaker. He has presented at numerous conferences and forums, spoken on radio and podcasts, and is a contributor to environmental publications and blogs.