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Teri Harrison is the founder of The Grandparent Gift Co, a wholesale manufacturer of unique, sentimental gifts for grandparents and their families. Over the past 15 years, Teri has energized the g... expand

Teri Harrison is the founder of The Grandparent Gift Co, a wholesale manufacturer of unique, sentimental gifts for grandparents and their families. Over the past 15 years, Teri has energized the gift market with offerings including, framed prints, cards, albums, and ornaments featuring her writings, which now include all generations of the family. Motivated by a lack of meaningful gifts for grandparents, Teri sought to create gifts outside the usual t-shirts and coffee mugs. Her first sentiment, "Grandma's Heart" had mothers and grandmothers brushing away tears, as it still does today. Since those early times, Teri has penned over 150 beautiful poems, authored two books, written numerous articles in parenting publications and licensed her work. Under Teri and her husband Martin's leadership, the two have built The Grandparent Gift Co. from a small garage-based business, to innovators in the grandparent market. They sell their gifts to stores such as Hallmark Cards, Babies R Us, and hundreds of other specialty retailers across the United States. Prior to starting her own company, Teri learned her sales and marketing skills as an independent sales rep and also as a manager with Hyatt Hotels Corporation. She holds a Bachelors Degree from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. Over the course of her career, Teri has been active in both professional and social organizations. Currently, she is most active in the lives of her four growing children ages 8-13, who are a constant source of ideas and inspiration. Teri and her family work and reside in Alpharetta, Georgia.      hide