After getting his finance and accounting degrees from the University of Illinois in 2013, Tom worked at the CIT Group in Chicago. He then joined Carrollton Bank in 2016. He is active in the Metro St. Louis Illini Club, is an Associates Board Member of the St. Louis Sports Commission, and serves on the Young Friends Steering Committee for the Danforth Center. His great-great-great grandfather founded Carrollton Bank in 1877.