Tom Chappell is the author of two books The Soul of a Business and Managing Upside Down, each focused on leading with values and on letting your own deepest beliefs drive your business. Tom Chappell and his wife Kate created a uniquely successful socially-responsible American company, Tom’s of Maine, in 1970 and sold to Colgate Palmolive in 2006, where it continues to grow in its leadership position in natural personal care under Colgate’s stewardship.

Tom then ventured into the apparel business to create the first “certified organic” wool clothing company in America, Ramblers Way, using his same values-centered approach to business.

Tom honed this values–centered business model while pursuing a Masters in Theological Studies at Harvard Divinity School, where the seeds of creating a practicum for business leaders called the Seven Intentions of Values-Centered Leadership Course were sown. 

Gleaning important insights from his founding and building of two American brands, from his graduate studies, and from his spiritual journey in addiction recovery, Tom now focuses on the importance of our spiritual realm to guide and sustain personal joy in business and life through his newest venture Tom Helps.

Patricia brings a breadth of training and experience and a capacity for depth to her training and coaching.  For 30 years, she was a senior consultant with The Ariel Group, a Boston-based company with a global presence, known for its methodology defined by theatre arts. She has worked with business leaders in academic and corporate settings all over the world including General Electric, Capital One, Liberty Mutual, Proctor and Gamble, Coca Cola, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and the executive education programs of Harvard Business School, Columbia University, Duke University, and the University of Virginia. 

Patricia’s career also includes three years as Director of Training and Curriculum for the Saltwater Institute, the non-profit foundation that offered programs based on the values-driven work of Tom Chappell, co-founder of Tom’s of Maine.  She is delighted to be returning to The Seven Intentions material in collaboration with the TomHelps team.  As a result of her experience in working with Intention 3, Envision Your Destiny, Patricia went on to earn a B.A. Degree in Music Therapy at Berklee College of Music and has a small private practice in her home studio in Arundel, Maine.