Mr. Madden was appointed Director of Economic Development for the City of Stamford, CT in June 2014. Previously, he held the position of Commissioner of the Department of Community Development and Conservation for the Town of Greenburgh, NY.

Thomas has been instrumental in the development of new economic and environment standards in his professional career including administrative procedures and policies to retain, restore and expand the commercial and industrial tax base of the community, adoption of Green Building code for new site development, revisions to the Energy Star code, Energy Improvement Financing for commercial properties (Energize NY). Mr. Madden has overseeing the approval and development of numerous large scale developments.

Thomas co-chairied, a seven county planning consortium to develop a Regional Sustainability Plan that will tie into the Mid-Hudson Regional Economic Development Council’s 2011 Strategic Plan and is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council, International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives, American Planning Association and the American Institute of Certified Planners.

Mr. Madden graduated from the University of Victoria with a BA in geography (Urban Studies) and attended Dalhousie University’s Masters of Urban and Rural Planning Program, where he was awarded the Harry Kitz Park Development Scholarship for Park Design and the Mobil Oil Canada Scholarship for Impact and Design Studies for his graduate thesis on the potential for eco-industrial development in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. In his spare time, he enjoys coaching and refereeing youth hockey. Mr. Madden is also a Director for the Terry Fox Run for Cancer Research in NYC, which has raised more than 2 million dollars for cancer research at Memorial Sloan Kettering.