Tom has been with the CT Department of Public Health for close to 25 years, and for most of those years, he served as an Epidemiologist and Program Director in the Environmental and Occupational Health Assessment program.  Tom was intricately involved with the State of Connecticut’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and in 2022, he was asked to serve as the new Director of the Office of Public Health Workforce Development, with the task of reimagining workforce development for the public health community in Connecticut and building this new Office from the ground up.  Tom has previously served as an adjunct faculty member at Southern CT State University and a guest lecturer for many public health academic programs throughout CT, including UConn Public Health.