It is with a passion for excelling in challenging environments that Tom uses his ability to build strong relationships and create partnerships within diverse communities that promote, advance and strengthen individuals and organizations. He is a critical, analytical and conceptual thinker with an ability to identify and capitalize on opportunities, anticipate and plan for change while assessing alternatives to influence and effect the most positive and favorable outcomes. As a team builder and mentor, Tom can recognize the contributions and strengths of others and foster a collaborative, internal culture, enthusiastically committed to performance excellence based on a strong ethical foundation.

Tom’s consulting and training practice--Ethically SpeakingTM- -advises senior management and governance on issues of ethics, organizational culture and leadership development. His mission is to help people Work Right, Play Nice and Sleep Tight.TM

Previously Tom was vice president of theology and ethics for Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI), a leading health care system comprised of 61 hospitals including 45 long-term care, assisted, independent and residential living facilities spanning 19 states with $6 billion in revenues. Prior to CHI Tom served as the ethicist for St. John’s Mercy Health System, one of the largest hospitals in the United States.

Tom has kept his hand in health care and is one of only 9 ethicists in the United States on the Center for Disease Control’s Ethics Sub-committee. Dr. Hooyman is also a board member of the Denver/Boulder Better Business Bureau; Treasurer of the National Speakers Association/Colorado; and President-elect of the Denver Cherry Creek International Rotary.