Terrie L. Suit (born October 3, 1964 in Orléans, France)[1] is an American politician and businesswoman.

In April 2011, she became the state's first Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security, a position she held until September 2013.

[1] Suit returned to Tidewater Community College in the spring of 2007 to give the graduation commencement address to the class of 2007.

Suit worked for a number of years in banking and finance as both an NASD licensed representative and as a mortgage loan officer.

[3][4] While Suit's initial plan was to join the government affairs team at the Law Firm of Williams Mullen, she left the firm after one year to join the Cabinet of newly elected Governor Robert F. McDonnell, where she served initially as his Assistant for Commonwealth Preparedness, Senior Advisor on Military Relations, and Liaison to the Department of Homeland Security, and later as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security.