Tom Hughes

Project Director

Tom Hughes designs, develops, budgets and manages learning programs for his clients. 

Prior to coming to Duke CE, Tom worked as an independent professional development consultant and coach. He specialized in the design and delivery of training related to consulting and communication skills. His corporate clients have included Booz Allen Hamilton, Black & Decker, and PICO Oil in Egypt. He also works with public schools to enhance their effectiveness.

Before becoming an independent consultant, Tom was a Senior Associate in Booz Allen Hamilton’s award-winning corporate university, where he created and managed the deployment of numerous professional development and leadership development programs.

Tom also spent several years as a full-time actor and writer, performing on stage and on film, and recording many books-on-tape.  During those years he managed to avoid both the food-services industry and substantial fiscal success, but did discover many interesting metaphors for learning.

Tom’s academic career is varied—he holds a Master’s degree from Columbia University in Organizational Psychology, with a focus in Organization Development consulting; a conservatory certificate in Acting from the American Repertory Theatre’s Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard; and a Bachelor’s degree in English, magna cum laude, from Harvard University.  He has written several fiction and non-fiction books and contributed the article on Orientation in the forthcoming Encyclopedia of Career Development.