Thomas P. McShane

Thomas P. McShane is a principal of the Dewey Square Group and represents clients and develops strategies in the areas of environmental policy and regulation, state permitting, project siting and environmental impact review compliance.

For 12 years, McShane served as the primary environmental lobbyist for the Massachusetts executive branch under two Governors, building the coalitions and consensus for passage of all environmental statutes in the 1980s. Later, as Chief of Staff in the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, McShane helped to develop and implement the Secretary's strategic internal and external communications plans.

In 1991, McShane was appointed by Governor William Weld as the Undersecretary of the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, becoming Massachusetts' second ranking environmental official.

McShane remains deeply involved in the Walden Woods Project and the Thoreau Institute. He is one of the founding directors of the Island Alliance, the organization that led to Boston's Harbor Islands designation as a National Park.

McShane has also served as co-chairman of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Energy & Environment Committee and as Chairman of the Massachusetts League of Environmental Voters.

At the local level, McShane has served as a member of the Mansfield, MA, Planning Board and the municipal Master Plan Committee and as a Director of the Natural Resources Trust.