Grace Paine Terzian

Who is Grace Paine Terzian?

Grace Paine Terzian is the chief communications officer of MediaDC, the parent company of the Washington Examiner and The Weekly Standard.

Terzian previously served as Vice President for Communications of the Hudson Institute. She managed Hudson's publications and website, public relations, and events.

She is the daughter of Thomas F. Paine, Jr., M.D. a physician who, among other things, was a pioneer in the study of the side effects of antibiotics, and Grace Benedict Paine. Terzian was Phi Beta Kappa at Williams College where she studied Art History and graduated in 1974.

Terzian has worked in a variety of publishing and public policy-oriented positions, including The New Republic, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and Architectural Digest. During the 1990s and into the early 2000s, Terzian worked at the Independent Women’s Forum, where she was Senior Vice President, and also Publisher of The Women’s Quarterly. Immediately prior to working at the Hudson Institute, Terzian was Executive Director of the Allergy and Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics.

Married to Philip Terzian, and the mother of two, she lives in Fairfax County, Virginia.