Tom Riley
Adopted as an infant Grew up in Pasadena CA 1 of 6 kids in the family (4 of whom were adopted) Father was a Teamsters Union Official, Mother was an RN Student Body President and All American Football player in high school Attended University of Notre Dame on a football scholarship (Earned a BA in Economics with a minor in Industrial Relations) Selected as Coro Foundation Public Affairs Fellow following Notre Dame and studied public affairs in Los Angeles. Worked for various elected officials in the Los Angeles Area Former candidate for the Los Angeles City Council and the Los Angeles Board of Education Patented and built electronic bingo games for charitable and Native American organizations Commercial Real Estate Investor with significant holdings in the Tampa Bay area Owner of Riley’s Retreat Vacation Rentals on Treasure Island, FL Father of 19 year old boy/girl twins Misc. Facts—lived and worked on a winery in Kenya, graduate of the Pasadena School of Culinary Arts Cordon Bleu program, Hollywood night club bouncer, Teamster Union organizer, built the first platinum LEED certified environmental home in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles.