Chief Operating Officer

Thomas A. Porter

Tom oversees the CAIA Association's day-to-day operations and executes initiatives across the organization, providing leadership, management, and vision to ensure that CAIA achieves its strategic priorities. Tom is responsible for managing process improvements that drive the growth of the Association, optimize its service to candidates and members, and enhance CAIA's effectiveness as the industry's leader in alternative investment education and training delivery.

Tom has served as COO for the membership organization College Parents of America and content syndicator WomensNewsLink.com. Past Treasurer of National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance, and CEO of online training delivery service LearningStream, Tom has consulted to the International Finance Corporation, Sylvan Prometric, Verisign Ventures, Kaplan/Washington Post Co., and Wall $treet Week. With Discovery Channel previously, Tom established Discovery's Enterprises unit and served as liaison with Allen & Company for new venture development.

Tom is married to Lisa Perlbinder, and lives in Amherst with their four children David, Carley, Addison, and Emily.