Full Name:
Robert 'Rob' Thomas
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Amy; 2 Children: Robert II, Lauren
Birth Place:
Houston, Texas
Home City:
Austin, TX
MBA, McCombs School of Business, 2000
JD, University of Texas, 1993
Bachelors, Political Science/German, Loyola University, 1990
Candidate, Texas House of Representatives, District 48, 2012
Candidate, Texas House of Representatives, District 15, 2010
No caucus information on file.
Assistant City Attorney, City of Houston
Manager, Granite Countertop Company
Partner, Private Law Practice
Consultant, Thomas Consulting Group
Member, Entrepreneur Organization, Austin Chapter, 2002-2007, 2010-present
Board Member, Northwest Austin Civic Association, 2012-present
Member, Anderson High School, Belles Booster Club, 2011-present
Member, Anderson High School, Mens Soccer Booster Club, 2011-present
Member, Community Bond Oversight Committee, Austin Independent School District, 2010-present
Member, St. Matthews Episcopal Church, 1997-present
Member, State Bar of Texas, 1993-present
Supporter, Wesley United Methodist Church
Finance Chair, Entrepreneur Organization, Austin Chapter, 2012-2013
Finance Co-Chair, Entrepreneur Organization, Austin Chapter, 2011-2012
'Member, Anderson High School, Basketball Booster Club, 2010-2011
Member, Crime and Safety Committee, Northwest Austin Civic Association, 2010-2011
Volunteer, Humanitarian Trip, Havana, 2010
Parent Volunteer, St. Andrews Episcopal School, 2004-2010
Board Member/Chair, Governance Chair/Executive Search Committee, SafePlace, 2003-2009
Board Member/Governance Chair, Austin Child Guidance Center, 2003-2006
Member, Robert W. Calvert Inn of Court, 1995-1996
Graduate Scholar, Rotary International, 1990
Liaison, United Kingdom Delegation, G-7 Economic Summit, 1990
Fellow for Texas, National Harry S Truman Fellowship, 1988
Member, Congressional Exchange Appointment to Germany, 1986
Favorite Quote:
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."
- President Theodore Roosevelt, 1910