Thomas Lombardo Ph.D., is an award-winning futurist, psychologist and educator with more than 40 years of expertise in the field of consciousness, wisdom, and futurist thought. A professor emeritus and retired faculty chair of psychology, philosophy and the future at Rio Salado College in Tempe, Arizona, he serves as the director of the Center for Future Consciousness, director of The Wisdom Page website, and executive board member and fellow of the World Futures Studies Federation. In 2017, the Scientific and Medical Network awarded Thomas its Network Book Prize for his eighth book: Future Consciousness: The Path to Purposeful Evolution. His more than 50 articles published in various journals have received critical acclaim from world-recognized futurists. He currently serves as an editorial board member of the Journal of Futures Studies and is a member of the Association of Professional Futurists. His next publication is a four-volume book series: Science Fiction: The Evolutionary Mythology of the Future, an examination of the literary forms influence on the change in our world. Thomas is a graduate fellow of Cornell University, a graduate of the University of Connection and University of Minnesota. He lives in Glendale, Arizona.
