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Tom Hayden joined the full-time IMC faculty in 2006, following a 30-year career in marketing and advertising, and eight years as an adjunct. Currently Tom teaches Ethics, Data Privacy, and Strategy courses to undergradaute and graduate students. He also serves as program director and academic advisor to students in the IMC Undergraduate Certificate program. Tom is chairman of Medill’s Academic Standards Committee, and a member of Northwestern’s Copyright Policy Committee.

After receiving his law degree and passing the bar exam in 1977, Tom switched directions and began his career at The Leo Burnett Company. He then spent most of the 80s at DDB Needham (now DDB), before joining Bozell Worldwide in 1989. He spent the next 14 years as president of Bozell’s Chicago operations, while also serving as a member of the Bozell Worldwide board of directors. Tom left Bozell in 2003 following its acquisition by the Interpublic Group and spent the following three years as both president and chief strategy officer of GreenHouse, an independent communications company based in Chicago. Tom currently sits on the board of the Oakmark Mutual Funds, where he is chairman of the committee on contracts and a member of the executive and audit committees.