Thomas Bachhuber Ed.D.

Dr. Thomas Bachhuber is President of the Board and Executive Director of The Center for Life Transitions, Inc. His LifeSHIFT: Work & the Christian Journey weekend retreat is offered throughout the country, combining career/work/retirement planning with spiritual exploration. He is on the leadership team for the Ignatian Volunteer Corps-Milwaukee, providing volunteer service opportunities and spiritual formation for retired adults.

Tom was Director of the Career Development Center at the University of Maryland-College and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. As a consultant, he led training, research and recruitment initiatives for several Fortune 500 companies. Besides TRANSPIRATIONS (Caritas Communications), Dr. Bachhuber has published Directions: A Guide to Career Planning (Houghton-Mifflin), When Your Son/Daughter Plans for the Future: A Guide for Parents (Abbey Press) and The Best Graduate Business Schools (Simon and Schuster).

Tom’s Doctorate and Masters in Counseling are from the University of Virginia. He earned a B.A. from Ripon College. He and Leslie have been married for 47 years and have three adult children--Libby, Emily and Jay and one grandchild, Oona Mae.

Tom’s 40 year career encompasses helping individuals and leading organizations to integrate substantive work transition knowledge with personal and spiritual exploration. His Christian foundation is broad and open while incorporating time honored ideas from Jesus, Ignatius Loyola, Thomas Merton, Teresa of Avila, Henri Nouwen and others.

He has strived to integrate faith into his personal and professional life, culminating in his co-founding of the Center for Life Transitions, Inc. He is quick to say that his family is most valuable to him and that in matters of both faith and family, he has fallen short too many times to count.