Tom is a member of Frost Brown Todd and has spent the last 35 years representing law enforcement and schools throughout the United States. Tom’s prior federal service includes working as the Acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the United States Department of Justice, Senior Adviser to the White House Federal Commission on School Safety, and Senior Counsel to the Secretary of Education. Tom also served as General Counsel to the National Sheriffs’ Association where he provided legal advice to the more than 3,000 elected Sheriffs and their offices throughout the United States. He has also served on the Board of Directors of the National School Boards Association as well as Chairman of the 3,500-member Council of School Attorneys. Domestic Policy Council and other White House entities on these issues.

Mick has lived a lifetime of public service, with a record of success in multiple, diverse organizations: political, government, academic, and military. As Deputy US Secretary of Education and as the South Carolina State Superintendent of education, he visited over 300 schools in 19 states. As state superintendent of education, he oversaw the operation of and advocated policy for 82 school districts, 1250 schools, 51,000 teachers, and 720,000 students. During his tenure, on time graduation rates increased from 72% to an all-time high of 80%. He assumed the presidency of a struggling college, on probation and about to lose its accreditation. He turned the institution around, more than doubling endowment and almost doubling enrollment. The last three years of his presidency, the institution was identified by US News as one of “America’s Best Colleges.”