Thomas Bales Email & Phone Number

Thomas Bales is a Director, Policy, Advocacy and Engagement at American Association of Geographers. Colleagues describe them as "I’ve had the pleasure of working with Tom for the past two years, at Leadership for Educational Equity, and through various consulting contracts. Tom is one of the most thoughtful colleagues I’ve had. He took on a large part of my onboarding, and was generous with both his institutional knowledge of our organization and his breadth of experience in organizing. Tom is a relationship-driven leader who has maintained an extensive network of colleagues and members whose work he has supported. He is well-known and respected for his coaching and ability to lead strategy for programs, projects, and campaigns. In addition to working together in the non-profit sector, we have facilitated workshops and sessions around community organizing at institutions of higher education (Harvard), and a leading philanthropic organization. He was incredibly nimble in scaling our work to meet the needs of our clients, and disseminating large concepts and lessons through compelling storytelling and well-planned sessions/curricula. I will always jump at the opportunity to work with Tom again. He is such a joy to have on your team or project, and has one of the strongest sets of values and convictions that drive his work. "