"The truth is,” says Terri Bowersock, founder and owner of Terri’s Consign & Design Furnishings, “I started my own company because I could not fill out a job application. I have dyslexia, a learning disability that makes it hard to read and write. Now, we’re the largest consignment furniture stores in the country. It goes to show, that if you believe in yourself you can do anything.”

Terri started her first store with $2,000 in 1979 in Phoenix. Since then, Terri’s Consign & Design Furnishings has grown into five stores in the Phoenix metropolitan area and a multi-location network of consignment superstores across the country.

Terri has been acknowledged on a national level for her contributions to the community and business world. Some of the Awards she has won incude: American Chamber of Commerce Blue Chip Enterprise Award, Retail Entrepreneur of the Year by Inc. Magazine, Socially Responsible Entrepreneur of the Year, by Inc. Magazine, Woman of Enterprise Award by Avon and the U.S. Small Business Association and the Athena Award.

In addition to guiding the direction of Terri’s Consign & Design Furnishings, she is a published author and sought-after national motivational speaker who has inspired thousands with her message of love, compassion and determination.