2010 Annual Dinner Dance
The New England Society in the City of New York will host its 205th Annual Dinner Dance at the St. Regis Hotel on Friday, November 12, 2010. The Society will honor Tom Chappell with its prestigious Reginald T. Townsend award in recognition for being an outstanding and ethical business leader, representing the finest attributes of the New England character.
Tom Chappell founded Tom's of Maine with his wife Kate, which produces natural care products, and has recently started a new company called Ramblers Way which produces organic wool made sustainably on American soil. Tom Chappell hopes to set an example of ethical business standards for others. A graduate of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, with a B.A. in English, Tom Chappell earned a Masters in Theology at Harvard Divinity School and has written two books: The Soul of a Business: Managing for Profit and the Common Good and Managing Upside Down: Seven Intentions for Values-Centered Leadership.
Tom Chappell also founded The Saltwater Institute, a nonprofit organization offering innovative leadership development programs such as "The Seven Intentions of Values-Centered Leadership" program. He has received many awards including the "New Englander Award" sponsored by the Small Business Association of New England, 1991 "Entrepreneur of the Year" from CNBC and 1995 "Socially Responsible New England Entrepreneur of the Year" by the Entrepreneur of the Year Institute.
Tom Chappell is active in many cultural and philanthropic organizations, among them: the Dean's Council for Harvard Divinity School, the Advisory Council for the Center for the Study of Values in Public Life at Harvard Divinity School, the Board of Fellows for Harvard's School of Dental Medicine, The Nature Conservancy of Maine, and the Washington National Cathedral National Advisory Group. In 2000, Tom Chappell was appointed by President Clinton to the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy.
The New England Society looks forward to welcoming him and his wife at the Dinner Dance!
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