Tom Tuohy

Tom Tuohy is an attorney, author, professor, founder and CEO of CBA, LLC, and founder of Dreams for Kids, Inc.

The son of a single parent, Tom founded the nonprofit Dreams for Kids, Inc in 1989. Working with at-risk youth and those with disabilities inspired him to create an award-winning youth program that replaces charity with opportunity. Youth, sponsored by individuals and local businesses, learn essential entrepreneurship skills as they build social enterprises.

In 2011, Stanford Graduate School of Business awarded Tom a Fellowship to study and share best practices on social innovation with 46 corporate and nonprofit leaders from 14 countries. He is a graduate of DePaul University, DePaul Law School and Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern as an Executive Scholar.

Tom founded the social enterprise Comprehensive Benefits Plan of America, LLC (CBA) in 2015, to elevate the middle class by providing essential professional services and everyday products at affordable rates. CBA, a Personal Concierge for Financial Independence, is available as a custom branded benefits plan for companies, unions, and faith-based groups, as well directly to individuals.

In 2015, Tom was selected as a member of the Nation’s Top One Percent by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel. He has also been awarded the Prestigious Highest Rating (AV) for Legal Skill and Competence for 16 consecutive years and sworn into the U.S. Supreme Court Bar in 1990. He served as Special Assistant Attorney General of Illinois and founded Tuohy Law Offices in 1982.

In 2018, Tom joined the faculty of DePaul University, Kellstadt School of Business as an Adjunct Professor to teach Social Enterprise, for students to learn how entrepreneurial ventures go beyond traditional non-profit and for-profit realms to generate different kinds of value with a distinct social enterprise approach that transcends both frontiers.

Tom has shared his work and message with tens of thousands of people throughout his diverse career. He speaks from his heart on personal transformation and community change, presenting extensively to business organizations, labor unions, student groups and educators on social entrepreneurship, volunteerism and social activism, estate and legacy planning and the evolution of nonprofit into pure social enterprises.

Tom is a resident of Park Ridge, Illinois and enjoys spending time on the families 475-year-old farm in CastleConnell, Ireland.