Tom is the managing partner of Meridican Pacific. With fifteen years of combined legislative, political and public relations experience, Tom has transformed his status as a skilled Republican operative into a successful business owner. He specializes in coalition building, campaign and issue management, creative development and strategic planning. Prior to becoming a partner at Meridian Pacific, Tom ran his own successful Political Consulting firm that helped steer a $100 million voting modernization bond to victory as well as defeating an anti-business ballot measure in San Francisco. Simultaneously, he successfully managed several local and regional campaigns.While at Meridian Pacific, he’s been responsible for major statewide coalition building efforts Proposition 64 – the Stop Shakedown Lawsuits Initiative as well as the No New Taxes Coalition for the Small Business Action Committee and the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association – No on 63, 67 and 72.Never straying far from his ‘on-the-ground’ training, Tom coordinated the California Republican Party’s Bench Building Program for local government leaders and manages 6 to 7 local candidate races every election cycle.Using his creative talents, Tom has written, designed and mailed hundreds of brochures and mailers over the past 10 years, most recently he completed a 2.3 million piece Vote-By-Mail program for the California Republican Party featuring Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. The National Association of Political Consultants awarded the mailer its Gold Pollie.Tom has conducted campaign management training seminars for the California Elected Women's Association for Education and Research, Asian Pacific American Leadership Project, the Marian Bergeson Excellence in Public Service Program as well as for the California Republican Party and the Republican National Committee.He was raised in Incline Village Nevada and is a graduate of Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. He and his wife Shannon live in Sacramento. They have two young daughters -- Fiona and Amelia.