Terry Buzbee, President of a world-leading control valve manufacturer, was a 1977 graduate of the Missouri University of Science and Technology. As an MU-Rolla student, Terry learned about teamwork playing basketball for the Miners and as a member of the Kappa Alpha fraternity. After earning a BS degree in Engineering Management, he later received a Professional Engineering Degree (1998).

After graduation in 1977, Terry went to work as a Sales Engineer for Fisher Controls, then a subsidiary of Monsanto, in Marshalltown, Iowa. Over the next 20 years, he worked his way up the management ladder. His leadership roles have included Marshalltown Plant Manager (1987), Global Business Leader for the Hydrocarbon Industry (1991), and Vice President of Sales.

In 1992, Monsanto sold Fisher Controls to Emerson Electric, a diversified global technology company based in St. Louis. Emerson made Fisher® control valves part of its Emerson Process Management business group. In November 1994, Terry became President of the Fisher Division. After multiple growth-spurts and acquisitions, the Fisher division doubled its sales and added Valve Automation (2003) and Instrument and Valve Services (2009) groups to its global organization. Over the past 16 years, under Terry’s leadership, the Fisher Division has became a world leader in the supply of control valves, positioning instruments, and related after market services. With 5000 employees and 15 manufacturing and 45 service locations worldwide, it is one of the largest divisions owned by Emerson, which is a $20.9 billion per year corporation.

While maintaining his professional schedule, Terry is a past Chairman of the Valve Manufacturers Association, a past President of the Marshalltown Chamber of Commerce, and a past Board Member of the Martha Ellen Tye Foundation. Terry currently serves as a member of the Construction Industry Institute, an elder of the First Presbyterian Church, and as Chairman of the Marshalltown Education Partnership Steering Committee.

He and his wife, Rhonda, reside in Marshalltown and have four grown children: daughter Ashley (Lucas) Johnson and grandson, Preston, of Appleton, Wisconsin; son, Aaron, will graduate from Drake University in May; and daughters Allison and Anna are both students at Iowa State University.