Tom brings over 40 years of experience in the financial services industry, with a focus on financial and estate planning. He is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional, a Chartered Life Underwriter, and a financial advisor at The Hamilton Group.

Tom graduated cum laude from Harvard College in 1967 and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1973. He began his long career in 1971 with Howard Holiday, a general agent for National Life of Vermont and Equity Services, Inc. Since 1978, Tom has been a general agent, first with Chubb Life and then with Lincoln Financial, where he also served as branch manager.

Over the years, Tom has served his community in a number of ways. He was one of the founding partners of the Cabot Street Cinema Theatre and Le Grand David and his own Spectacular Magic Company. He served as chairman of the board of the Waring School for six years and as a Wenham Selectman for six years. He served on the board of the Essex County Community Foundation, serving as chair of its Planned Giving Committee.

From 2004 to 2011, Tom served on the board of the Rockport Chamber Music Festival (now Rockport Music). Between 2005 and 2011, he chaired that board as the organization undertook a $20 million capital campaign to build its own performance center, which opened in June 2010. He is currently serving as a trustee emeritus.

In 2011 Tom joined the Board of Longy School of Music, which merged with Bard College in 2012. With Bard and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Longy is fostering social change through music in its Take A Stand Program. Tom has served as Longy Board chair since 2013.

Today he serves on the Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Board of Bard College.