Senator, Illinois State Senate, District 53, 2023-present

Assistant Republican Leader, Illinois State House of Representatives, 2021-2023

Representative, Illinois State House of Representatives, District 106, 2015-2023

Candidate, Illinois State House of Representatives, District 106, 2022

Ranking Minority Member, Appropriations Subcommittee on Education

Member, Education Committee

Member, Energy and Public Utilities Committee

Member, Higher Education Committee

Former Member, Appropriations Committee, Higher Education, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Consumer Protection Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Counties and Townships Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Health Care Availability and Accessibility Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Higher Education Subcommittee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Labor and Commerce Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Renewable Energy and Sustainability Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Revenue and Finance Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Revenue and Finance Subcommittee on Income Tax, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, State Government Administration Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Special Issues in Appropriations for Elementary and Secondary Education, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Workforce Reconciliation, Illinois State House of Representatives

Manager, State Farm Insurance, Corporate Office, 1985-2015

High School Physics & Chemistry Teacher, Melvin-Sibley School District, 1978-1985

Member, GCMS Education Foundation, 1997-present

Secretary, Illinois Republican County Chairman's Association, present

Member, Masonic Lodge, present

Chair, Republican GOP County, present

Member, Rotary International, present

Former President, Association of Community College Trustees

Former President, Illinois Community College Trustee Association

Former Chair, Parkland College Board of Trustees

Hobbies or Special Talents:

Tom is especially proud of being a husband, father and grandfather. He relaxes by singing with a local group called Jake's Boys. This is a group of eight men that have sung for Illinois Farm Bureau and other state associations, churches, county fairs, community dinners, and fundraisers all over Illinois since 1997.

Personal Hero and Why:

Everyone has heroes. Two of my heroes are brothers Bob and Doug. Doug went to Parkland College to learn how to farm with their dad. In the 1970's, the family farm started to go downhill and the family was basically looking to sell out. But somehow, Doug and Bob worked with local bankers to find the financial support to keep things afloat. At an early age, Doug took on a major financial responsibility in running the family farm. That has been many years now and Doug has worked hard to make things succeed and has greatly improved both the farm's situation and the quality of its soil. Over the years, Doug has shown excellent creativity, ingenuity, stewardship of the soil, and persistence that I have grown to admire and respect. He took the farm and turned it around when no one thought it could be done. Doug and Bob are real heroes to our family.