About Us
Mission of Tom Helps is to enhance people’s lives with inspiring stories, online connections and consulting, and programs and tools for spiritual, personal, and professional growth in a way that connects them back to a community for the common good.
Statement of beliefs
- We believe there is a spiritual power in and beyond each of us capable of providing love, guidance, and goodness.
- We believe that connecting to one’s Source of Spirit engages the mind and heart in benevolent actions for oneself, the community, and the natural world.
- We believe in helping organizations serving the arts, education, environment, and health through our 5% Commitment to the Common Good.
The Tom Helps Team
Tom Chappell
Founder & CEO | tom[at]tomhelps.org
Tom Chappell is the author of two books The Soul of a Business and Managing Upside Down, each focused on leading with values and on letting your own deepest beliefs drive your business. Tom Chappell and his wife Kate created a uniquely successful socially-responsible American company, Tom’s of Maine, in 1970 and sold to Colgate Palmolive in 2006, where it continues to grow in its leadership position in natural personal care under Colgate’s stewardship.
Tom then ventured into the apparel business to create the first “certified organic” wool clothing company in America, Ramblers Way, using his same values-centered approach to business.
Tom honed this values–centered business model while pursuing a Masters in Theological Studies at Harvard Divinity School, where the seeds of creating a practicum for business leaders called the Seven Intentions of Values-Centered Leadership Course were sown.
Gleaning important insights from his founding and building of two American brands, from his graduate studies, and from his spiritual journey in addiction recovery, Tom now focuses on the importance of our spiritual realm to guide and sustain personal joy in business and life through his newest venture Tom Helps.
Other accolades include:
- Harvard Divinity School, Masters Theological Studies 1991
- Trinity College, BA English, 1966
- Trinity College Trustee, 2015-2021
- Harvard Divinity School, Dean’s Council 1991-current
- Co-founder of Tom’s of Maine, Inc.
- Co-founder, Ramblers Way Farm, Inc.
- Author: Soul of a Business and Managing Upside Down
Patricia Mulholland
Seven Intentions Facilitator
Patricia brings a breadth of training and experience and a capacity for depth to her training and coaching. For 30 years, she was a senior consultant with The Ariel Group, a Boston-based company with a global presence, known for its methodology defined by theatre arts. She has worked with business leaders in academic and corporate settings all over the world including General Electric, Capital One, Liberty Mutual, Proctor and Gamble, Coca Cola, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and the executive education programs of Harvard Business School, Columbia University, Duke University, and the University of Virginia.
Sarah Armentrout
Chief Content Director | sarah[at]tomhelps.org
Sarah is an entrepreneur and educator experienced in creating adaptable, social enterprises addressing health and wellness needs. Sarah is co-founder and CEO of Carlisle Academy, actively volunteers on non-profit boards, and her former corporate leadership roles include managing brand communications at Tom’s of Maine integrating core values, multi-media messaging, and common good partnerships.