Thomas is a Managing Director at 1919 Investment Counsel. In his role as a Portfolio Manager, Thomas works with individuals, families, foundations, and endowments, delivering comprehensive investment counsel. His primary focus is on developing and managing investment portfolios that are tailored to each client’s unique long-term wealth and investment objectives.

Outside of the office, Thomas serves as a Trustee for the Public Safety Pension Board of the Town of Indian River Shores, Florida, and as a Treasurer and Trustee for the John’s Island Foundation. He is also on the Advisory Board for the Indian River Land Trust.

Thomas entered the financial services industry in 1983. Prior to joining the firm, he was a Portfolio Manager at Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., managing a mid-cap growth fund, as well as portfolios for high-net-worth clients and trusts in equity and balanced accounts. Before this, Thomas was a Senior Managing Director and Head of the Institutional Large Cap Growth Group at Clearbridge Advisors (Legg Mason) and Citigroup Global Asset Management (CAM). In that role, he was responsible for the investment of pension, foundation, and endowment funds. Thomas joined Shearson Asset Management (American Express Company) in 1986 and worked in Real Estate Finance as an Associate at UBS before then, from 1983 to 1985.

Thomas earned his B.A. in English from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. in Finance from Columbia University.