STRATEGIC VISIONING

Tom operates "outside the box," conceptualizing new paradigms not yet created, and helping individuals, organizations and institutions operate outside their traditional comfort zones.  He has been advising the leadership of the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) for the past several years, and organized the first ever global warming panel at an AWEA national conference.  He is currently working to galvanize the U.S. wind industry to lead the creation of a worldwide green industrial revolution by advocating for a goal of 40% wind power for America by 2020.

COALITION BUILDING

Tom has developed a vast network of green leaders and visionaries through his work in the environmental movement over the past two decades and specializes in building broad and diverse coalitions united by common cause.   Most recently, he tapped this network to co-found the American Wind Wildlife Institute (http://awwi.org/), a multi-million dollar environmental /industry collaboration designed to help the wind industry ramp up responsibly by proactively addressing wildlife impacts from wind energy development. AWWI's founding members consist of 13 wind companies and 7 prominent national environmental organizations (watch brief interviews of Tom and others here: http://awwi.org/spotlight.aspx).  Other high profile public figures Tom has worked with in the past include: Lester Brown; E.O. Wilson; Woody Harrelson; Ed Begley, Jr.; Gary Hart; Hunter Lovins; Paul Hawken; and the late, great David Brower.

MEDIA & PR

Tom has generated extensive local, national and international media coverage for environmental causes over the years.  As director of a Florida "Save the Everglades" campaign, he organized numerous high-profile media events and was featured on television news programs including CBS Evening News, CNN Headline News and the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour.  He has also been featured in numerous print media publications, including the Washington Post, USA TODAY and U.S. News & WORLD REPORT.  Tom has organized numerous editorial board tours, resulting in highly favorable editorials, and has authored multiple op-ed pieces and letters-to-the-editor. He also utilizes unconventional strategies to generate free media for causes he supports (watch video... keep watching). 

PUBLIC OUTREACH

Tom has a long history of building community support for environmental initiatives and has given hundreds of public talks over the years to a wide range of audiences, both in his capacity as environmental leader, presidential campaigner and wind industry consultant.  Since 2004, he has also helped permit 600 MW of wind energy projects by proactively reaching out to local community members and presenting to local planning boards on the environmental benefits of wind energy.  He has developed a PowerPoint presentation for more general audiences entitled, "Seizing the Wind & Our Moment in History," which makes the moral case for the rapid expansion of wind power to combat the global climate crisis.  He is available to give this talk at select venues.