Tom has spent his career helping nonprofits reach their potential through philanthropy and strategic leadership. He has extensive experience working on youth and conservation issues and has worked with several national nonprofits to help connect their mission to local communities. Tom has extensive experience growing and working with Boards, developing and implementing long-range strategic plans, marketing, managing all aspects of fund development and philanthropy and managing staff to success.He continues to find the challenges in the nonprofit field to be be both complex and highly rewarding.Specialties: Board growth and management, major-donor development, grant writing and management, special events, corporate philanthropy, strategic planning and staff development.