College of Business

Originally from Sherwood, Oregon, Tom graduated from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington before continuing on to a 20-year career combining marketing, design and business strategy for organizations ranging in scale from Global Fortune 50 corporations to pre-venture stage startups. Today, Tom is a founder and entrepreneur, leading epigraph—a marketing and design collective based in Portland, Oregon offering sustainable, scalable CMO-level brand advisement. Tom is a published and internationally cited social media researcher, a Center for Creative Leadership graduate and an altMBA graduate.

Tom actively mentors at Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator—New York City’s largest technology incubator and NewChip—the world's largest global incubator based out of Austin, Texas. A believer in values-led, sustainable, scalable brands rooted in purpose, values and mission, Tom volunteers with Emerging Leaders PDX, an organization improving racial and cultural diversity at the leadership level by opening pathways to leadership for traditional and non-traditional students of color and aspiring professionals.