mayor pro tem Tom Myers
Biography
Tom and his wife, Vicki, have owned property on Holden Beach since 1998 and have been full-time permanent residents since 2013. Tom grew up in Illinois and moved to Arizona in 1981 where he attended graduate school. He married Vicki in 1988. Their daughter, Ashley, was born in 1991 and their son, Ian, in 1994. In 1997 they took a family vacation to Holden Beach and fell in love with the island. The following year they moved from Phoenix to Charlotte and purchased a beach house here. After becoming “empty nesters” in 2013, they sold their home in Charlotte and moved here full-time.
Tom has a professional background in engineering, accounting, and project management, and was a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Registered Professional Engineer (PE), and Project Management Professional (PMP). Tom retired in 2021 after 38 years as a management consultant with several large international firms. During his career, he specialized in infrastructure asset management and worked with over 70 client organizations in 10 countries, including some of the largest cities in the USA.
Tom hopes to bring this background and experience to bear in guiding the future of Holden Beach.
