Founder
CurrentT2D Concepts combines the desire to serve others with an underlying passion to drive social change. Our team's culinary talents, business experience, entrepreneurial spirit, and legal knowledge blend together to create innovative hospitality brands with purpose. In developing our concepts, we start with our passion, follow a principled approach, ensure purpose, and drive profit. Passion, Principle, Purpose, & Profit...in that order.Prior to founding T2D in 2016, Tom was managing principal at Indigo Group, LLC a social impact consulting company. After meeting cofounder Tiffany Derry, Tom embraced the opportunity to launch T2D, a purpose-driven social entrepreneurial hospitality company. T2D Concepts’ vision expands beyond the restaurants’ doors to create lasting change in the communities they serve. Tom is a fierce advocate for social justice and equity across gender, race and food access. In 2022, T2D was named to the NRN Power List, the definitive list of 50 industry leaders who are not only setting trends today, but also shaping them for tomorrow.Tom speaks nationally and facilitates workshops and programs focused on allyship in the workplace in order to advance equity.
