Brandeis University
Harvard School of Public Health
In 2019 Tom formed NV Sustainability LLC, a consulting organization to advise companies, financial institutions, business coalitions, and non-profit organizations to better manage environmental risks, seize opportunities, create leading sustainability programs to address emerging environmental issues and societal expectations.
Previously, Tom has more than 30 years of experience leading environmental, health and safety (EHS) programs for Pfizer. In 2010 he was appointed to lead Pfizer's Environmental Sustainability program. Together with his responsibilities for Product Stewardship, Tom led efforts to reduce Pfizer’s environmental impacts throughout the product life cycle – from research, to procurement, to manufacturing, to product disposal.
In a prior role, Tom directed Pfizer’s global health and safety programs associated with process safety, fleet safety, fire life safety, occupational medicine and occupational hygiene.
Tom joined Pfizer after finishing his master's degree from the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the Harvard School of Public Health. Tom has a Bachelors degree in Biochemistry from Brandeis University. He has served on the Harvard School of Public Health Leadership Council since 2006. Tom also served as President of the Board of Directors of the Pharmaceutical Product Stewardship Working Group, a 200-member coalition to address the responsible collection and disposal of unwanted medicine.