Terry Rephann was elected to the Council on May 16, 2000. He also serves and the City Recreational Board, Economic Development Commission, and Neighborhood Advisory Commission.

Born in Frostburg, Maryland in 1964, he moved to Cumberland in 1968. He was educated at Columbia Street Elementary School, Braddock Junior High School, and Allegany High School. Through the years, he has lived on the West Side, East Side, and North End of Cumberland (on Columbia Street, Mechanic Street, Sylvan Avenue, N. Waverly Terrace, and Windsor Road) and currently resides on Trost Avenue.

Rephann earned his B.A. in mathematics and economics from Frostburg State University and his M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from West Virginia University. He is a regional economist with experience in local economic development policy analysis. He has published in Journal of the American Planning Association, Journal of Regional Science, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Economics of Education Review, Socioeconomic Planning Sciences, International Regional Science Review, Tourism Economics, Review of Regional Studies, Environment and Planning, Papers in Regional Science, Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies, Urban Studies, and Growth and Change.

Rephann was employed at West Virginia University during the late 1980s and early 1990s as a research associate and research assistant professor. He currently works at Allegany College of Maryland as Director of Institutional Research, and operates a small business.

He can be contacted by e-mail at: equinfo@equotient.net