Tom Briggs (he/him) Tom’s private sector career focused on capital and credit markets after service in special operations as a Russian linguist in the United States Navy. He translated his business experience to the public sector beginning in 1983 when he served as chief financial officer of the City and County of Denver under Mayor Federico Peña. After a few years in investment banking, Tom applied his experience to promoting economic development and macroeconomic stability abroad where he had the privilege of representing the United States in fifty-four transition, emerging market, post-shock, and developing countries on behalf of the United States Treasury Department, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (a U.S. government agency) and USAID, where he was Senior Policy Advisor to the Administrator. He served as Executive Director of The HELP Commission, an independent commission created by Congress to report on America’s foreign aid programs to Congress, the President, and the American people.
After retiring in 2013 and returning to Colorado, Tom focused on public service through Boulder County non-profits. Tom currently serves as president of the board of the Braly Family Foundation, as a member of the board of Longmont Public Media, as a member of the capital campaign committee for TLC Learning Center in Longmont, and as a partner at Social Venture Partners of Boulder County. Other non-profit board experience includes service as treasurer of the board of Early Childhood Council of Boulder County, treasurer of the board of Voices for Children of Boulder County (CASA), and as president of the board of the Boulder Institute for Psychotherapy and Research. At the Fellowship, he served on the Governance Task Force and Transition Team over the last eighteen months.
Term ends 6/30/27
