Meet Terry

Terry Cordaro is the founder and lead guide of DC Baltimore Tours. She specializes in helping travelers understand not only what they are seeing, but why it matters.

Terry personally selected each DCBT guide. She came to know each guide’s approach, areas of expertise, and dedication to thoughtful interpretation. She believes that each guide’s personality and individual style are part of what makes DCBT distinctive.

Born in Dallas, Texas, and raised in Northern Virginia, Terry studied Tourism Management at Clemson University, where she met lifelong friend and “Webmaestro” Victor Boudolf, who later helped create the DCBT website. At Clemson she also met the late, wonderful Aaron Martin, with whom she shared a special bond for more than 30 years. Aaron’s curiosity, intelligence, and wide-ranging interests continue to influence the spirit of DCBT.

Terry later studied geology and European heritage in England and Scotland. She has also studied the metamorphic geology of the Baltimore region and the ways the region’s complex bedrock has shaped its landscape, infrastructure, and economic and industrial history.

Terry began guiding at the Washington National Cathedral in 1996 and remains a certified guide there. She is a member of the Guild of Professional Tour Guides of Washington, D.C., and DC Baltimore Tours is a proud member of Visit Baltimore.

Her tours draw on a lifelong interest in travel, history, geology, architecture, art, and culture, with particular attention to the connections between people and place throughout Washington, Baltimore, Gettysburg, and the Mid-Atlantic.

Terry and the DCBT team look forward to welcoming you to one of America’s most fascinating regions.