Thomas “Tom” Fallon
District 7300 Governor 2012-2013
(Pittsburgh East Rotary Club)
1400 Morningside Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
412 849-8683 C
Tom and Marie Fallon are both members of the Pittsburgh East Rotary Club. Tom joined Rotary in 2004 and has served two terms as Club President from 2005-2007. He has also served as Assistant District Governor for both Denny Crawford and Jim Kunkelmann. He is a member of the District Foundation Committee and the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, RYLA.
In addition to Rotary, Tom is an active Board Member for the Lawrenceville Meals on Wheels Program and instituted the Club delivering meals on a weekly basis. He is the President of the Greater Pittsburgh Sister Cities Association overseeing 17 Sister Cities programs. GSPCA is an organization which promotes international relationships and theregion's benefits, while bringingbusinesspeople, educators, and government officials from those cities to Pittsburgh. Working with the Asian community through the GSPCA, Tom is the Chairperson of the Pittsburgh Dragon Boat Festival, a festival which highlights Asian cultures in the Pittsburgh region and promotes intellectual understanding between the East and the West in a fun way.
For the past few years Tom, and his wife, Marie, have mentored eleventh grade students at Career Connections Charter High School in Lawrenceville.
Tom is a member of “Friends of Danang”, an organization that raises money for humanitarian projects in and around the city of Danang, Vietnam. Its aim is to nurture better understanding between the citizens of the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Danang, Vietnam regions. Tom hopes to one day develop a Rotary Club in Danang.
His passion for the environment is reflected in his business, Urban Green Development, where he rehabilitates single-family homes utilizing “green” earth friendly products, systems and applications. The end result is a home that lessens global impact, increases efficiency and reduces the dependence on fossil fuels.
Tom has served over 20 years as a collegiate volleyball official, as well as a coach at the Division I level. His crowning achievement was becoming an international official and being chosen to participate in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. In addition, Tom also competed in the Paralympics and the Goodwill Games. He is a graduate of Kent State University with a Bachelor in Business Administration in Marketing and International Business. Tom is an assistant volleyball coach at his alma mater, Central Catholic High School. He has earned the Eagle Award from the Boy Scouts of America.
Tom is a Pittsburgher, born and raised in Oakland. He and his wife, Marie, reside in Morningside with their dog and two cats.