Tom Strand is currently the president of the Colorado Springs City Council and has been elected to two terms to an at-large council seat, serving a total of eight years. Prior to serving on City Council was elected to the School District 11 Board of Education, where he served as vice president, and later president, of the board.

Tom is a retired military officer serving more than 30 years in the United States Air Force. He served as the senior lawyer and commandant of the Judge Advocate General School in Montgomery, Alabama.

Tom serves as a business mentor with the Colorado Springs Service Corps of Retired Executives and as a facilitator for the Food 4 Thought organization. He’s also the past treasurer of the Trails and Open Space Coalition and past chairman of the Colorado Springs Human Relations Commission.

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