Chicago born and bred, seminary educated with the Augustinians, founder of the Archdiocese of Chicago Development Council while serving as the first Director of Development at St. Rita High School in the 1970s, Tom later served as the Vice President for Advancement at Christian Brothers sponsored Lewis University in the 1980s. While continuing to offer advancement counsel and support to Catholic High Schools throughout the Chicago region and further growing his reputation for excellence in advancement leadership as Vice President of Advancement at the University of St. Francis in the 1990s, Tom took on a similar role at Curry College in Boston in 2002 until meeting and joining Larry Furey in helping to establish Partners in Mission as America's leading firm in support of Catholic School Advancement since 2008. The rest, as they say, is history!After 45 years across all areas of Advancement, today Tom provides a variety of support services to the Partners in Mission team as the "self-proclaimed Godfather of Catholic School Advancement.