Terry T Campo


Terry T. Campo is the Illinois Policy Institute Vice-Chairman of the Board and a partner in the Washington, DC-based law firm, Farrell & Campo, specializing in energy, environmental, and transportation regulation. A native of Springfield, IL, Campo was a Republican candidate for Congress in the 20th District in IL in 1994 and served as National Chairman of the Young Republicans from 1989 to 1991. Following his term as Young Republican Chairman, Campo was the Treasurer for the youth division of the International Young Democrat(ic) Union, an organization founded by Margaret Thatcher, Helmut Kohl and George H.W. Bush to train young political leaders in Eastern Europe. Mr. Campo held political posts in the Reagan Administration, where he served as the General Counsel and Director of Legislative Affairs for the independent federal agency, ACTION, and later as its White House Liaison and Representative to the President's Council on Private Sector Initiatives. Prior to becoming General Counsel of the independent agency, Campo also served as a political appointee as the Special Assistant and chief of staff for the General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Energy, where he served as the principal counsel to the 1987 Energy Security Study. From 1983 to 1985, Campo served as a Counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, where his principal client was Sen. Charles Grassley's (R-IA), and later as the General Counsel to its Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure. Mr. Campo is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Springfield and Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago. He now resides in Arlington, VA.