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Thomas retired in 2002 from an interesting and creative real estate career spanning forty-five years. As vice president, he subsequently has devoted significant effort toward the success of GreenMicrofinance. He also serves as board chair of GreenMicrofinance Center, a newly formed, non-profit organization.
He began his professional career in Richmond, Virginia, where he ultimately specialized in commercial site selection, leasing, and retail store operations. After acquiring substantial experience as a licensed broker, Thomas joined a growing retail franchise chain in central Virginia as a corporate officer and Director of Real Estate Development. He was directly involved in the negotiation of all contracts, leases, and financing, as well as joint venture agreements.
Over time, Thomas’ experience was enhanced by valuable, routine exposure to retail franchising and store operations. Concomitant with his corporate responsibilities, he became a founding co-partner and president of a very successful neighborhood grocery store. In this position, he remained pro-active in retail store management for ten years.
After resigning his position in Virginia in 1987, Thomas sold his going concern, financial interest to his managing partner, and entered into an intensive period of apprenticeship and study in real property analysis and valuation in Orlando, Florida. After several years, he sat for licensing exams and was certified by the State of Florida as qualified by experience and training to value the most complex commercial properties.
His extensive commercial real estate and business background has provided a solid and practical foundation for economic and valuation theory. His practice ultimately encompassed a broad sweep of commercial property valuation, market feasibility studies, and financial analysis. Much of his later work was highly complex and specialized.
Thomas is a trained hospice care worker. He serves on the board of a charitable organization that, for over twenty years, has focused on the education of and outreach to those of limited resources, primarily in the Philippines and in Africa.
Thomas earned his BA Degree in Fine Arts from The College of William and Mary in Virginia. Subsequent education includes some twenty courses; such as Risk Analysis, Capitalization Theory, and Regression Analysis, through the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers, as well as three years of post-graduate studies.
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