Tom J Phillips

Tom Phillips, a Seattle native, has enjoyed a decades-long career as a planner and manager, serving in local government as well as being a consultant to private developers specializing in citizen involvement, new urbanism, and affordable housing. The pinnacle of his career was leading an almost decade-long project for what would become the largest housing redevelopment in Seattle’s history, High Point. Tom’s background includes earning an MA in Urban Affairs and Policy Analysis from the New School for Social Research in New York and a BA in Economics from Williams College in Massachusetts, as well as stints with both the Peace Corps in Liberia and as a Vista volunteer, where he worked with low-income families as a community organizer. He has spoken at conferences around the country on smart growth and green development. He lives with his wife Julie in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle. They lived at High Point for four years.