Terris King is committed to transforming healthcare by creating scalable, innovative models that seek to lower costs and improve the health of vulnerable American populations. He was appointed to the Maryland Heath Resources Commission by Governor Wes Moore starting in 2024. The MCHRC targets its $150M to expand access to affordable healthcare services in underserved areas of the state. 
He also launched the Lukan Group; this entity serves as an interface between healthcare and the church. The Lukan Group has sponsored statewide vaccine and health improvement efforts. The Lukan Group has partnered with Microsoft, the Center for Global Health Innovation, Kaiser-Permanente, and Harvard University. Terris also launched the King Enterprise Group, an entity that concentrates on consulting with companies focused on the intersection of HIT, population health, capacity building, and infrastructure support. Terris established a successful Baltimore City Interfaith Immunization process during the COVID-19 pandemic. He partnered with Johns Hopkins International Vaccine Center and the city's health department to increase the influenza vaccine rate by 13% and resolve the city's access and equity COVID-19 vaccine challenges. 
As the Director and Client Executive of AT&T. He was the lead executive for all AT&T services within the Department of Health and Human Services. These services exceeded $50 million. 
He previously served the federal government in progressively expanding roles, including the Deputy Chief Information Officer, Deputy Director of IT, and Deputy Director of the Office of Clinical Standards and Quality (OCSQ) at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). He also established the CMS Office of Minority Health and served as its first Director. While serving at CMS, he designed an initiative called Everyone with Diabetic Counts, which remains the nation's most extensive health disparities reduction program. 
Terris completed both his Scientific Doctorate in Occupational Science and his undergraduate degree in Communications from Towson University where he has been named a Distinguished Alumni. He also completed his master's in behavioral science from Johns Hopkins University and is a Harvard University Executive Fellow.