Mr. Thomas M. Leahy, III AAMS, RFC, is Managing Partner of Leahy and Clair, a Richmond-based financial management firm,. owner and director of Campus Financial, a company providing families comprehensive college application and financial aid planning services, and co-founder of Beacon Tree Foundation, dedicated to furthering education by providing parents information, resources and funding. He is also the president of the Midlothian Youth Soccer League and is on the board of directors of Prêparant Education Association. of America.

He is a graduate of the University of Florida and earned his masters degree from the University of Oklahoma. Mr. Leahy is a member of the International Association of Registered Financial Consultants (RFC) and is certified by the College of Financial Planning as an Accredited Asset Management Specialist. He is a Registered Investment Advisor Representative and holds insurance licenses for life and health and insurance consulting. Mr. Leahy is an eleven year member of the Virginia Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.

Mr. Leahy has recently published the third addition of his college planning book “The No-Nonsense Guide to College Planning;” and has been published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch and has been featured in other local publications and on local radio and Television as an expert on college and financial aid planning.

Mr. Leahy has delivered seminars for The Governor’s School for International Studies, Richmond Community High School for the Gifted and Talented, the Chesterfield County School System’s “Very Informed Parents’ Program” (VIP) as well as other schools, church and civic organizations, and corporations.