Tom McLaughlin

Lecturer

Tom McLaughlin formed McLaughlin & Associates after nearly two decades as a nonprofit consulting specialist with two national accounting and consulting firms.  Tom has over 37 years of nonprofit experience as a nonprofit manager, trade association executive, and management consultant.

Among his previous positions, Tom served as an executive with two major Massachusetts social service agencies and as Associate Director of the Massachusetts Council of Human Service Providers.  He is on the faculty of Boston University where he teaches financial management .

Tom is a contributing editor for the Nonprofit Times, for which he writes a monthly column.  He was the first Nonprofit Scholar in Residence at the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts/Amherst.  Tom also serves on the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Council of Human Service Providers and has served on the board of directors of the Make-a-Wish Foundation of Greater Boston and Family Service, Inc.  Tom is also a member of the New England Aquarium’s Stranded Animal Emergency Response Team.

Tom is nationally recognized as an expert in nonprofit mergers and alliances, having consulted to nonprofits in over 250 such collaborations.  He is also nationally recognized as an expert in nonprofit strategic positioning, financial management, and organizational restructuring.