Thomas Wolfsohn - San Marcos, Texas, United States | Professional Profile | LinkedIn (original) (raw)

Retired to the Texas Hill Country

U.S. Department of Homeland Security, USCIS

About

Tom Wolfsohn analyzes situations, seek opinions and ideas, creates strategies and successfully manages their execution.

He develops and nurtures relationships, makes an effort to find out what people want, what they need and works at delivering it. He is ethical and straightforward, and keeps his word.

He excels at breaking down issues and ideas and communicating them clearly and simply—not simplistically. (Explaining the complexities; not ignoring them.)

He gives people a lot of room to perform, but is there to lead, advise, critique and encourage.

And he's personable and has a good sense of humor.

Specialties: His expertise includes government affairs, policy development and advocacy; media relations and communications; marketing; and corporate development.

He has established an outstanding track record in the homeland security, transportation, public safety, telecommunications and entertainment spaces. He has also managed identity management and knowledge management initiatives

Activity

Experience

• Special Assistant

U.S. Department of Homeland Security, USCIS

Feb 2010 - Jan 2021 11 years

Corporate Development Counselor

PASCO

• Chief Policy Officer

  AAMVA

  Senior Vice President, Government Affairs & Communications

  AAMVA

Regional Vice President, Communications, Government & Public Affairs

Cablevision

Education

Organizations

• American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

Member, Identity Theft & Identity Management Standards Panel

2007 - 2012
Established to facilitate the development, promulgation and use of voluntary consensus standards and guidelines to equip and assist the private sector, government and consumers in minimizing the scope and scale of identity theft and fraud.

• American Society of Association Executives (ASAE)

Member, Public Policy Committee

2004 - 2006
Committee set priorities on handling federal issues that impact associations and association executives and recommends broad policy direction to the ASAE Board of Directors.

• New Jersey Cable Telecommunications Association

Board Chair

1999 - 2000
Statewide industry trade association that represented six companies serving more than 2.5 million customers in over 500 municipalities. Directed staff activities, standing committees and annual operating budget.

• Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Board of Directors

Board Member

1993 - 1999
Licensee for public TV and radio stations in northern Virginia, Richmond and Charlottesville.

• Commonwealth of Virginia Public Telecommunications Board

Board Member, and served on Budget Committee

1987 - 1991
Appointed by Governor. Board approves and oversees plans for public telecommunications services and facilities, including the Commonwealth’s master plan.

Recommendations received

• Christine Klimek “I worked for Tom Wolfsohn for three years. What I learned from Tom during those years helped me develop the interpersonal and organizational skills needed to take my career to the next level. He is a highly effective leader, with the ability to inspire people to do and be their best. For Tom, staff development was always a top priority. Tom joined our community/government relations department with clear goals and high expectations of our small team. Thanks to his mentoring skills and confidence in us, we achieved them. He offered instructive feedback without “micromanaging,” and sincerely valued the input and creative ideas of his staff. For example, when a major competitor was about to infiltrate our customer base, Tom set forth a clear vision for what he wanted us to achieve to meet the challenge, then entrusted me to create the events and strategic plan for how that vision would be realized. In addition to meeting our communications goals, the resulting PR campaign help hone my managerial skills and earn greater visibility within the company. Tom is a leader who creates leaders. When you work with Tom, you not only get the benefit of his experience, expertise, and work ethic – you get someone who mobilizes people to success. I cannot recommend him highly enough! --Christine Klimek, Senior Manager of Media Relations and Executive Communications, Financial Accounting Foundation”

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