Tom McNamara

As president of workforce development, Tom McNamara connects the higher education partners with health care providers who are essential to the training of the next generation of practice-ready nurses.

As a first-generation college graduate, Tom has experienced the transformative power of higher education and is personally committed to student outcomes. Throughout his career, he has founded, nurtured, and grown organizations focused on unlocking student potential and were formerly the president of American Career College and chief operating officer of West Coast University, which under his leadership, grew to become the largest nursing school in California.

Tom brings more than 20 years of experience in the postsecondary education and edtech sectors to Synergis. Prior to joining the company, he was the founder and CEO of Nuro Retention, predictive analytics and student retention software company with the singular mission of improving student graduation rates at U.S. colleges and universities. He currently serves on the boards of Unitek Learning and ThinkCERCA, and as chairman of Nuro Retention.