Meeting/Event Information

Meeting Notice

Thursday, October 17, 2024

11:30 A.M. to 1:00 P.M.

Guest Speaker:   Thomas Corser                                             

Title/Firm:   CEO, Arboretum San Antonio

Thomas Corser is the CEO of Arboretum San Antonio.  He was the founding energy behind a 501(c)3 formed in 2021 to establish a 188 acre outdoor greenspace on San Antonio’s southeast side as a peaceful outdoor living museum of trees that can inspire and educate.   Tom has also served and is serving on various nonprofit and non-board committees to help with strategy, marketing, and development.  Tom started his career at AT&T Bell Laboratories developing fiber optic packages for terrestrial long-haul telecom/datacom applications.  He went on to support business development and strategy at AT&T exploring new acquisitions and partnerships with wireless providers, cable companies and other digital technology companies to enable new growth areas for AT&T.    Tom also spent 8 years with Avaya in strategic marketing and market intelligence.   In 2021 Tom retired from Juniper Networks based in Sunnyvale California, where he led the transformation from Hardware to a subscription-based software business model.  
Tom is a proud graduate of Class VXIII of the 2022 Masters Leadership Program (MLP).   He currently serves on the MLP Board and co-chairs the Community and Economic Development Day.  Tom is the Chair of The Nonprofit Council Leadership Development Committee.  He also serves on the CPS Citizens Advisory Committee, nominated by John Courage representing District 9.  Tom holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from Texas A&M and a Masters of Manufacturing Systems Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Madison.  Tom and his wife Tina moved to San Antonio from New Jersey in 2017, where they lived for 30 years and raised their two boys who still live on the east coast.

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