Tom Keane is a regular columnist for the op-ed page of The Boston Globe. Tom's pieces have also appeared on the pages of the Boston Herald, ArchitectureBoston and several other publications. He can be seen and heard frequently on local television and radio shows, including WGBH's “Greater Boston with Emily Rooney.” Tom is also Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Mosaica Education, Inc., a global education company headquartered in New York.
From 2009 through 2010, Tom was the executive director of the Boston Society of Architects, managing it through a time of transition after the retirement of its long-time executive director. Before then he was a General Partner of Murphy & Partners, a New York-based private equity fund. From 1994 through 1999, he was a Boston City Councilor, representing Boston's district eight.
In 1990, Tom founded Legend Medical Services, Inc., which acquired and managed skilled nursing facilities. Prior to that, from 1987 until 1990, Tom provided financial and business consulting to a variety of businesses, including those in radio broadcasting, magazine publishing and substance abuse rehabilitation. From 1983 until 1987, Tom was chief financial officer and a director of International Healthcare Corporation ("IHC"), a company he helped found. IHC owned and operated seven freestanding substance abuse facilities, two health maintenance organizations and other health care businesses.
Tom was graduated from Catholic Memorial High School in West Roxbury, MA, where he was salutatorian. He received his B.A. magna cum laude from Harvard College, and his J.D. from the University of Virginia Law School. Tom is a member of the Massachusetts Bar. He is also an honorary member of the Boston Society of Architects; a member of the board of advisers of the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston at Harvard University; and a member of the Advisory Board for the Shamie Center for Better Government. The eldest of 11 children, he is married to Laurie Farrell and together they have two children, Lauren and Bryn.
