Prior to joining MITA, Tom was a lawyer in the computer industry in Boston – but after 40 years he still couldn’t get the hang of it and retired to Portland. He was a Loaned Executive to United Way of Greater Portland in 2003 and then was appointed MITA’s Director of Marketing & Membership in 2004. He filled several roles at MITA, including Interim Executive Director in 2006-7 as a volunteer, and joined the Board in 2012. In Boston he was a volunteer at the Perkins School for the Blind, an Overseer of the Museum of Science and a Trustee of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the Computer Museum. He is an active biker (over 6000 miles so far this century) and cruiser (more than 15 Gulf Stream crossings) in the Caribbean and everywhere he can get to in Maine. He is married to Anna Ginn and shares with her homes in New York City and Portland, as well as five children and thirteen grandchildren.
