LUNCH WITH TOM O'REILLY 

August 25, 2026 [via Zoom]
 

From car parts to academia: a career built on curiosity, service, and reinvention.
 

From car parts executive to college president, from volunteer tutor to elected President of the Boston School Committee, from corporate banking leader to electronics distribution executive, from Catholic Charities board member to Combined Jewish Philanthropies c-suite—either our classmate Tom O'Reilly hasn't been able to keep a job, or Tom's been exceptionally good at what he does.

Lucky or capable? You decide.

Born at what is now the Dimock Center in Roxbury, Tom was raised in Boston. One of seven children, he was the son of an English-language learner mother and a father with a ninth-grade education who died when Tom was still young. Tom attended Boston Public Schools, graduated from Boston Latin School, and a few years after college went on to earn an M.B.A. from Boston College. He's also been awarded an honorary Doctor of Education degree from Pine Manor College and is a Fulbright awardee.

Throughout Tom’s career, Tom led complex nonprofit and corporate organizations with an entrepreneurial approach that consistently produced transformative results. In doing so, Tom built a reputation for earning the trust of diverse stakeholders, leading organizations through change, and bringing together people with different perspectives to achieve ambitious goals.


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