An IFRW woman has been named to one of the top coordinator positions and charged with motivating Republicans to vote in Illinois.

Terri Bryant is the new Illinois Republican Coalition Leader.

Bryant is secretary and vice chairman of the Jackson County Republican Central Committee, chaplain of the Jackson County Republican Women's Club, a precinct committeeman and member of the local Republican Boosters Club. She belongs to the Illinois Federation of Republican Women and the National Federation of Republican Women.

In 2010, Bryant was named as the Illinois Women's Coalition leader. She also was appointed to the Board of Governors for the Illinois Lincoln Excellence in Public Service Series. As a member of the Board of Governors, Bryant has been responsible for recruiting and fundraising in the lower third of the state. She is a 2009 Illinois Lincoln Excellence in Public Service Series Fellow. 

She was a delegate to the 2008 Illinois State Republican Convention and a member of the committee to appoint presidential electors. She was appointed a John McCain Presidential Elector.