John Kneisly

Known Baltimore wide for 20 plus years in the insurance and financial services industry as Mrs or Lady "T", Teresa makes her triumphant return the home and auto business after taking care of her family for a few years.

Teresa is passionate about auto insurance and is excited to explain coverages, discounts, and risks with you. She is licensed in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Her main focus is home and auto insurance in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Frederick and the surrounding suburbs.

Teresa also has a love for dance. She began instruction at Walbrook High School  and then moved to the Peabody Conservatory and The University of Maryland. She has performed on the national level on Dance Fever as well as placing First in Maryland Regionals and second in Dancesport held in Hollywood. You may also come across her on local radio, in plays or teaching a fitness class.

I started with the Kneisly Team in late 2019 and come with over 25+ years in overseeing and leading large teams of employees in varying disciplines.  During those years, employees typically came to me for consultations on financing, life and health insurance, as well as overall benefits each year during open enrollment to discuss various options.  I’ve always enjoyed helping co-workers, friends, and family review options in these areas as each person has varying resources, goals, and expectations.  

I’m a proud alumni of The University of Maryland- College Park.  During high school and college I worked as a manager for Weis Markets.  Retail was a great place to learn and develop people skills with customers and co-workers.  In addition to my retail work experience, I’ve worked for The Washington Post in their DC HQ, been a loan officer, and overseen small business operations for a multi-million dollar automotive company in Rockville.  

More than sixteen years of my work experience has been in leadership roles with Ford Motor Credit and CoStar Group (commercial real estate research).  Buying, financing, and insuring automobiles is a source of anxiety for many consumers.  I’ve enjoyed removing the apprehension of this process over the years and hope to do the same with auto, home, and life insurance.  For my most recent ten years, I was a Research Director at CoStar.  People relationships inside/outside the organization were the core of our success.      In 2020, I’ll celebrate my twenty five year anniversary with my beautiful wife.  I have two beautiful teenage daughters who keep my wife and I very busy with activities.  They are a reminder of how important it is to plan for now and the future.    I

look forward to working with John and The Kneisly Team to help you better understand all the products State Farm has to offer.