Tom Martin
Tom Martin serves as Executive-in-Residence in the Department of Communication at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina. In 2023, he founded the Martin Center for Mentorship in Communication, to help inspire and develop a future generation of leaders and mentors among today’s outstanding communication students, and to foster more robust relationships between those who educate and those who practice in the communications field. The Center’s work includes the Martin Scholars, a selective mentoring, networking, and experiential learning program for graduating seniors that Martin launched in 2016. In 2023, Martin received the Order of the Silver Crescent from the governor of South Carolina in recognition of his long years of service to the College of Charleston.