Thomas G. Deegan, Ph.D, is CEO of Verallia USA. Verallia, a $3 billion publicly traded company based in France, is the world’s third largest producer of glass packaging for beverages and food products. Verallia’s mission is to redefine the way glass is manufactured, reused, and recycled to make it the most sustainable packaging material in the world.

Thomas has many years of experience in the educational, pharmaceutical, agricultural, and packaging industries. His background includes multiple leadership positions that focused on building collaborative workforces, exploring business development opportunities, and developing high-performance sales leadership. Thomas’s accomplishments include the creation of anti-counterfeiting programs for the apparel industry and assembling international sales/supply chains for the wine and spirits industries. Additionally, he developed protocols and provided instruction for food safety/traceability programs for the agricultural industry.

Thomas has a BA and MEA in Education from the University of Nebraska. He received his PhD in Education with an emphasis in Leadership Development from Claremont Graduate University, in conjunction with the Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management.