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About Thom Tillis
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Family
THOM
TILLIS, age 49, and his wife of 22 years, Susan, and their children
Lindsay and Ryan, have lived in the North Mecklenburg area for 12
years. TILLIS began working in the Charlotte area in 1996 and
he relocated from Fairfax, Virginia to Cornelius in
1998. TILLIS's very active lifestyle includes single-track mountain biking
and boating/water sports. Tillis loves dogs and he has a
tradition for naming them after great conservatives, among them
Reagan, Abe, and Ike (his most recent addition).
Professional / Education
TILLIS left IBM in 2009 to focus his attention on
serving in the North Carolina House of Representatives, and leading
the 2010 House Republican Caucus Campaign Committee. TILLIS
was an executive with IBM Corporation where he led a management
consulting practice focused on the financial services
industry. Prior to joining IBM in 2002, TILLIS was a partner
at PricewaterhouseCoopers, one of the world's largest accounting and
management consulting firms. TILLIS' 22-year career in
technology and management consulting has provided him with a deep
understanding of fiscal management, policy making, and
transformation of complex organizations. TILLIS' experience
includes responsibility for executing large-scale complex
information technology and business improvement projects.
Tillis has deep experience with financial services,
utilities, telecommunications and media/entertainment industries.
Among several leadership roles, TILLIS has led business units with
hundreds of staff and budgets exceeding $200 million annually.
TILLIS has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of
Maryland.
Public Service
TILLIS was elected to the North Carolina House of
Representatives in 2006 and he has distinguished himself as a
hard-working representative in the legislature. At the end of
his freshman term in 2008, TILLIS was elected the House Republican
Whip, one of two elected leadership positions in the House Caucus.
In 2009, TILLIS was the highest rated legislator for promoting a
friendly-business environment among the 120 members of the NC House.
TILLIS has
been appointed to several important House and joint House/Senate
committees, including the Finance, Banking and Financial
Institutions, Judiciary, Education, Science and Technology, Ways and
Means/Broadband, Information Technology Oversight, Emergency and
Disaster Preparedness Oversight, Economic Recovery and Reinvestment
Oversight, Internet Access to Rural Areas Oversight, and
Local Government committees.
TILLIS was elected to the Town of Cornelius Board of
Commissioners, where he served from 2003 through 2005. During
his tenure on the Cornelius Town Board, TILLIS served on a number of
advisory boards and working groups focused on the
Huntersville-Cornelius area, including:
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Chairman of the Dispatch Advisory Board, which
oversees the North Mecklenburg 911 Dispatch operation, a partnership
between Huntersville, Cornelius, and Davidson College.
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Member of the Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce Board
of Directors, which includes the towns of Huntersville, Cornelius,
and Davidson.
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Member of the working/negotiation group of
Huntersville, Cornelius, and Davidson officials for the regional
economic development agreement (Brookwood Business Park).
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Member of the Fire and Rescue Advisory Board, which oversees the
private/public partnership between the Town of Cornelius and
the Cornelius-Lemly Volunteer Fire Department.
In 2002,
TILLIS served on the Cornelius Parks and Recreation Advisory Board,
where he also participated on several ad hoc committees focused on
improving recreation and leisure options for the North Mecklenburg
area.
Community Service
TILLIS is very active in a variety of
charities/non-profits. For his contributions to the Lake
Norman Area communities as a participant in non-profit organizations
and as a Commissioner in the Town of Cornelius, TILLIS received the
Duke Power Citizenship and Service Award for outstanding service to
the Lake Norman and North Mecklenburg Community. TILLIS has
been very active in education-related issues and he views improving
schools as a top priority. TILLIS founded Hopewell High School
Project Hope, an activist group, which played a role in significant
changes at Hopewell High School. TILLIS was also elected
President of the 2005-2006 PTSA for Hopewell High School, and he
continues to work for education reform and school improvement.
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