Tom lives in Bolinas, California on the Marin County coast. He is a lifelong waterman, having surfed all over the world and worked as a surf rescuer at Bondi beach in Australia. He cares deeply about ocean health and access, and serves as the Treasurer of the Surfrider Marin County Chapter.

He began his professional life as a mergers and acquisitions investment banker in New York at Lazard, UBS, and Cowen. Following that, he went to medical school in his thirties, eventually practicing as an academic physician at UCSF. For the last dozen years has combined his previous careers either running, consulting to, investing in, or serving on the board of life sciences companies.

He has over 20 years of corporate governance and board experience, first as a director of a publicly traded investment bank (Cowen), then as the CEO and executive board member of two private life sciences companies (TessArae and OneBiomed) and now as an independent board member of the country’s leading talent consultancy in the healthcare, higher education, and life sciences industries (WittKieffer), where he is currently the Chair. As a result, he has achieved the Director Certification from NACD (National Association of Corporate Directors).

Tom has lived in Australia, Singapore, and Switzerland and travelled to more than 75 countries. He is a graduate of Yale College (BA English), the University of Sydney (MPhil, English) and Harvard Medical School. He is board certified in Emergency Medicine and has worked as a relief doctor in the less developed world, including Pakistan and Bangladesh. Most importantly, Tom is a grateful father of three wonderful boys who love the ocean as much as he does!