Tom and his wife, Jean, have lived in Wellesley for 28 years with their 4 children.

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Serving others and his community has been a life focus for Tom. While living in Wellesley, he has been serving as a Select Board member since 2017, including terms as chair and vice chair. Tom has seen the Town from many angles and has helped solve many issues as a liaison to various boards and committees around town, most notably the Town Hall Renovation Committee and the HHU School Building Committee. He was also elected as a Town Meeting member and has served since 2006. Tom is a past member of the Climate Action Committee, and a member of the Town Government Study Committee. Tom has also served as a board member of Wellesley Friendly Aid, as well as a member of the St. John-St. Paul Collaborative Parish Council, and a trustee of the Vincent Memorial Hospital Corporation (a foundation related to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Massachusetts General Hospital).

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​Before moving to Wellesley, he served as a commissioner on the Town Planning and Zoning Commission in Glastonbury, CT. He also served as a mentor to urban high school students in Belmont; he was an Outward Bound instructor responsible for young men and women in the juvenile justice system in Maine; and he helped to run a 500,000-acre cattle ranch in eastern California, building out the water delivery infrastructure to enhance the viable grazing acreage for the cattle.