Tom Hughes
thughes@esf.edu

Tom is originally from Rush, NY, just south of Rochester.  He has spent much of his lifetime fishing and exploring the Finger Lakes region. 

Tom received his BS from Cornell University in Natural Resources-Fisheries Science (1995) and his MS from SUNY College at Brockport in Biological Sciences-Aquatic Ecology (2002). 

Professionally, Tom has worked for Cornell University’s Adirondack Fisheries Research Program, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

Previous to SUNY-ESF, Tom worked with Cornell Cooperative Extension as an assistant director for an environmentally based alternative education program for Youth at Risk in eastern Long Island. 

Tom earned an MPS in Environmental Interpretation at SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry in May of 2006.  On the day following his graduation, Tom traded in his cap and gown to begin a new journey with the Department of Outreach as a project coordinator for the College’s ESF SCIENCE summer youth education program http://www.esf.edu/outreach/esfscience/