About Blue Wolf
The Team
Strategic Advisory Board
Lou Tomson
Prior to establishing his consulting company in February 2003, Louis R. Tomson was the President of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, a joint City/State corporation formed by Governor George E. Pataki and Mayor Rudolph Giuliani to oversee the revitalization of Lower Manhattan subsequent to September 11, 2001. Mr. Tomson is a member of the Board of Managers of Finch Paper Holdings.
Mr. Tomson’s public service career has spanned over three decades. He was First Deputy Secretary to Governor George E. Pataki from 1995-1998. In addition, Mr. Tomson was the Governor’s chief policy-maker for energy and communications. In the private sector, in addition to heading his consulting company, Mr. Tomson has served as Senior Vice President of Plug Power, Inc. a leading fuel cell developer. He has had a successful law career, having been a managing partner of Plunkett & Jaffe and a partner at Hiscock & Barclay.
Mr. Tomson also served as Chairman and CEO of the New York State Thruway Authority and its subsidiary, the New York State Canal Corporation. Mr. Tomson served as Chairman of Albany NanoTech, a University/industry partnership, which oversees a billion dollar public/private investment in advanced research and development.
Before working for the Governor, Mr. Tomson had held a wide variety of government posts, including Counsel to the Comptroller of the State of New York and General Counsel to the New York State Dormitory Authority Board. Mr. Tomson first entered the public sector in 1967 as Deputy Counsel to the New York State Office of General Services.
Mr. Tomson is a graduate of Columbia College and Columbia Law School.