Princeton University

Thomas M. O’Neill is a New Jersey-based consultant on public policy and related issues. For 20 years, he served as President of The Partnership for New Jersey, an association of chief executives from corporations, non-profits and higher education. He created and led its Leadership New Jersey program and founded urban leadership programs in Newark and Trenton. He also led programs in education reform, diversity management, and other critical issues. Before joining the Partnership, he served a President of The Center for Analysis of Public Issues in Princeton and edited its monthly magazine, New Jersey Reporter. He was a lecturer and member of the research staff in the Center for Environmental Studies of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Princeton, served in the NJ Department of Environmental Protection, and directed the Governor’s Task Force on Energy during the 1973 oil embargo. He was for several years an election night analyst for New Jersey Network Television and for WNET-Channel 13 in New York. He received a BA with honors in Political Science at Wesleyan University and was a member of the Woodrow Wilson School’s MPA Class of 1970.