Member since 2018
Occupation: Principal, Jesuit College Preparatory School
Tom Garrison received a B.A. in 1996 and an MAT in 1998, both from Austin College. He began teaching English at Jesuit in 1998, served as assistant principal of academics 2003-2011, and as principal 2011-present. While at Austin College, Tom was active in Lambda Chi fraternity, Student Assembly, and numerous theatre productions. Tom stays active in the Austin College community by actively encouraging his students to research the school during their college selection process, and each spring he speaks to the incoming freshman class and their parents at the Austin College Experience preview day on the topic of how to make the most of their upcoming freshman year. Tom and his wife, Allison, an art teacher at Plano Senior High, are the proud parents of a son, William Thomas, who is eleven years old and attends school in Plano.