With 24 years of public relations and marketing experience from the southeast and midwest regions of the U.S., Tom Swanson launched S-PRI in 1995. Today, the firm serves a variety of clients in business and industry from Connecticut to Florida with special focus on media relations, marketing, and crisis communications planning and counsel.

    Previous marketing and counseling experience for not-for-profit organizations includes development and execution of the Ramesses The Great marketing plan for the Mint Museum of Art, development of the 1989-90 Discovery Place marketing plan, and marketing research and planning for the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

    Tom Swanson, APR
    • Accredited member of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA)
    • 2005 PRSA Charlotte "Infinity Award" recipient for career, service and integrity
    • Past president, Charlotte Chapter of PRSA
    • Board member of the Mecklenburg County Vietnam Veterans Memorial Committee
    • Former board member of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Workforce Development Board
    • Education: BA-English, University of Minnesota, 1971.