Thomas V. McConnon has been a longtime supporter and active member of Rotary International since starting up a technical training program as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the early 1980s in partnership with The Rotary Foundation and the United States Agency for International Development. Before joining the Peace Corps, Tom was a financial analyst at Dun and Bradstreet in New York, and editor and manager of their publication Key Business Ratios. Previous to joining Dun and Bradstreet, he was a research assistant to the staff economists at Townsend-Greenspan & Company, the former Chairman of the Federal Reserve of the United States, Alan Greenspan's economic forecasting company. Tom is currently the CEO of Thomas Refrigeration, Inc., a leading company in its field that provides mechanical services primarily to New York City area real estate managers and owners. Since 2004, Tom has assisted in conducting the Rotary Club of New York's monthly International Breakfast Meetings and was editor and contributor for "Inside the United Nations Blog", and a frequent contributor to Rotary International Day at the United Nations review. He lives on Long Island, New York with his wife Noemi, whom he met while serving with the Peace Corps, and somehow was lucky enough to convince her to move to the United States. They have five children, and seven grandchildren at the printing of this book.
