Thomas Abrahamson
CHAIRPERSON, AMA FOUNDATION
Managing Director & Principal - Lipman Hearne, Inc.

Tom Abrahamson is known for innovation in nonprofit marketing.  He brings more than 25 years of success and leadership in the field to Lipman Hearne.  At Lipman Hearne, Tom has served more than 100 organizations, including foundations and community-based agencies, global membership-based organizations, small and mid-sized private colleges, and large multi-campus public universities.

As a college administrator, Tom was instrumental in repositioning two major universities, both of which became recognized as #1 in their categories by U.S. News & World Report.  Prior to joining Lipman Hearne he served as Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management and Dean of Admissions at DePaul University in Chicago.

Tom has served numerous institutions, including Amherst College, Illinois Institute of Technology, Louisiana State University, University of Chicago, University of Cincinnati, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Kansas, University of Maine, University of Michigan, University of Missouri, Columbia, University of Pennsylvania, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, University of Southern California, The College Board, National Association of Secondary School Principals, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Lions Clubs International.

A leading speaker and author in the field, Tom has given more than 75 conference presentations, written numerous articles for professional journals, and contributed to two books: The Strategic Management of College Enrollment and The Admission Practitioner.  He has created research instruments such as the Market Positioning Questionnaire©, Pricing Sensitivity Study©, and the Web Site Effectiveness Study©.

As an active leader in the nonprofit community, Tom was the Chair of AMA's 2006 Non-Profit Marketing Conference and is a Chair of the 2007 Non-Profit Marketing Conferences, a member of the Board of Trustees of Archeworks, an interdisciplinary design school, Vice President of the Board of Directors Urban Gateways of Chicago, a member of the Blue Ribbon Committee of Prevent Child Abuse America and has served as President of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago.

Tom holds an M.A. in higher education administration from Bowling Green State University and a B.S. from Southern Illinois University