Terry Goddard currently serves as a member of the Central Arizona Water Conservation District in Maricopa County. He was named to this position in 2013. He currently serves as the president of the governing board. Terry previously served as Mayor of Phoenix for 6 years. He also served as Arizona state director for the US Department of Housing and Urban Development for 7 years and as the attorney general of Arizona for 2 terms.

Terry currently works as an attorney at Goddard Law Office PLC, where he is also a shareholder. He previously worked as an adjunct professor at the Arizona State University Law School and as an attorney at Dentons US LLP. He served in the US Navy for 3 years and in the US Naval Reserve for 15 years.

Terry holds a bachelor's degree in American history from Harvard University and a law degree from Arizona State University. He was born in Tuscon and currently resides in Phoenix, Arizona. Terry and his wife, Monica, have one son.