Executive Leadership

Tom is a 29-year veteran in the commercial specialty P&C program arena, with experience working with both carriers and program administrators. He currently serves in an executive role as NFP’s president, Commercial Risk leading the execution of the company’s commercial P&C, programs and wholesale businesses, which entail capturing new business, pursuing acquisition opportunities and expanding revenue. Tom joined NFP in 2017 through the acquisition of EverGuard Insurance Services, Inc., a program administrator that he owned and operated. Starting in 2020, Tom led the company’s programs business, which includes Totalis Program Underwriters, delivering specialty solutions for challenging and underserved areas of the market with responsibility for over $1 billion in annual gross written premiums.  Before EverGuard, Tom was the CEO and owner of another program administrator, Gillingham & Associates, Inc., the leading underwriter of outdoor recreation and hospitality businesses in the US. Tom sold Gillingham & Associates to Philadelphia Insurance Company in 2008 and remained on as president until 2010 to successfully oversee a smooth transition of the business. Tom graduated from Baylor University in 1997, where he studied marketing and risk management. He was previously Advisory Board President of the Target Markets Program Administrators Association and has served in an advisory board capacity for philanthropic organizations and for the Colorado chapter of Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO).