Tom Regal

About Tom Regal

Accomplished business leader and operations consultant blending years of corporate management experience with a lifelong passion for running, cycling, triathlon participation, and fitness coaching. Background to date spans a wide array of cross-functional areas including starting up new business units, developing processes/procedures, leading key change and turnaround initiatives, and identifying strategies to maximize productivity and profitability. Able to serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, internal managers, and external client representatives, advising them on business strategy and how to achieve operational excellence. History of facilitating exceptional team performance through a “leading from behind” approach that centers around identifying and developing talent, removing barriers to their success, and conducting the team-building and recognition activities needed to maximize engagement/morale.

Experience

1. Advisory Board Member

   First Bourn

   Dec 2024 — Present

   First Bourn is a private network of people and places built to connect the endurance sports community and leading brands. Founded in 2015, its mission is to:(1) Help brands prioritize and inspire health and wellbeing among their teams(2) Support the coaches and other unsung heroes that are the lifeblood of the endurance sport and health/wellness communities(3) Offer personalised and immersive training experiences that can enrich and change livesENDURANCE SPORTS CO-OPWe are developing a portfolio of forgotten, large acreage farms and old homesteads in the Blue Ridge Mountains of the Eastern United States — and bringing them back to life with purpose.• Training Farms & Villages• Content Studio• Brand Partnerships• Scholarship and Goodwill ProgramsFutures Fund: POC is near the base of Mt. Mitchell outside Asheville North Carolina, the tallest mountain on the east coast at 6,683’ with a second property under construction in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.

Education

• The College of Saint Rose

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Music, Studio Recording