Mr. Tom Looney

Tom Looney is Chairman of the North Carolina Board of Community Colleges. His career spanned more than 40 years at IBM and Lenovo, retiring as VP and GM of North America for Lenovo. He currently also serves on the board of the NC Coastal Federation. Chairman Looney has previously served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Wake Tech Community College, focusing on securing IT employer’s support for the new RTP campus. He also served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the NC School of Science and Math focusing on programs to deliver STEM education to every county in the state thru summer programs, online and IVC studios. In addition, he served on the NC Economic Development Board that created the Economic Development Partnership of NC (private/public partnership) and went on to serve on the EDPNC board as chair of business recruitment. He served as Chair for the CS4NC initiative to secure support in the business community for CS in MS and HS and served on the committee that developed NC’s computer science standards. Looney has called NC his home since 1994. He resides in Cary, NC with his wife Lucy.