Thomas W. Smith, CFP

Tom Smith is a private consultant in planned giving. He has over 30 years of planned giving experience, including eight years at The Vermont Community Foundation in Middlebury, VT, eight years at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, CA, and eleven years at the University of Vermont, in Burlington, VT. Tom is active in local and national levels of the National Committee on Planned Giving. Currently he serves on the Editorial Review Panel of The Journal of Gift Planning, published by the National Committee on Planned Giving. He has been a presenter for various groups including AFP, NACUBO, NCPG and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. Some of Tom's presentations have appeared in print in CASE Currents, The Journal of Gift Planning, and Planned Giving Today. Prior to his career in development, Tom was a language professor on the college level. He also has experience in the real estate industry. Tom has an A.B. degree from Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio, and an M.A. degree from the University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana. In 1986, he received his Certified Financial Planner designation from the College for Financial Planning in Denver, Colorado.