Tom Jansen is currently the team leader of strategy in the Strategic Performance Office of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). Tom began his professional BSA career in 1982 as an associate district executive in Northern Virginia. He served local BSA councils in Southern Europe (out of Naples) and Central Maryland (out of Annapolis). In December 2003, he was promoted to executive director of the council in Greenwich, Connecticut. He has also worked as a corporate trainer with the BSA’s Center for Professional Development and served as a leadership development specialist with Scouting University. Tom earned the certified professional in learning and performance designation from the ATD Certification Institute in November 2014. He received a BS in forestry and wildlife from Virginia Tech and served two years as a forester with the Peace Corps in Burkina Faso.