Tommy is a senior vice president in the state government affairs group at McGuireWoods Consulting, where he represents clients before the state legislature and U.S. Congress.
Tommy has been recognized as a top lobbyist throughout his government relations career at the North Carolina General Assembly. He brings more than two decades of experience in state and federal policy, legislative process and politics, including serving as senior staff for the North Carolina Senate President Pro Tem and several members of U.S. Congress.
Tommy has a strong network throughout state government in North Carolina and the North Carolina congressional delegation, and has experience representing Fortune 500 companies, start-ups and trade associations before the North Carolina General Assembly, Congress and executive agencies on issues including energy, environmental, education, transportation, health care and information technology.
Prior to joining McGuireWoods Consulting, Tommy served as the director of state public affairs for Moore & Van Allen Public Affairs where he managed the Raleigh office and represented clients at both the state and federal level. Before that, Tommy served as deputy chief of staff for policy for North Carolina President Pro Tem Phil Berger. Before Tommy worked at the General Assembly, he lobbied at the federal level for both the NC Farm Bureau and the National Pork Producers Council for several years. He also worked on Capitol Hill for nine years, including six years with Congressman Robin Hayes, where he served as deputy chief of staff.
He serves on several boards, including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Visitors, the Friends of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame.
Tommy is a native of Raleigh, where he lives with his wife and two sons.
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- The University of North Carolina at Chapel HillBAPolitical Science1999
- Speaker, "N.C. Legislative Update: Charter Schools Specifically and Public Education Generally," 16th Annual Nonprofit Seminar, October - November 2018
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- Author, Offshore Oil and Gas, and Trump’s Five-Year Plan, McGuireWoods Consulting LLC, September 26, 2018