Mission-driven organizations ought to have actionable insights at their fingertips—our communities depend on it. As executive director of Neighborhood Nexus, Tommy Pearce is working to do just that. With a background in research, strategic planning, and nonprofit management, he has worked with hundreds of Georgia organizations to maximize their impact with data.

Prior to Nexus, Tommy was a strategy consultant for the Georgia Center for Nonprofits, taught ESL at the International Rescue Committee, conducted public health research at the University of Pittsburgh, and was an intake and street outreach coordinator at a Pittsburgh emergency shelter.

Tommy serves on advisory boards for the Ahmaud Arbery Foundation, Junior League – Atlanta, Learn4Life, Emory University’s Department of Quantitative Theory & Methods, Resilient Gwinnett, and Matt Ryan’s ATL: Advance the Lives.

A lifelong Gwinnettian, Tommy has an MSW from University of Pittsburgh and a BA in History from Georgia Southern.