Tom Jost

Tom Jost has served as Sherwood’s Chief Operating Officer since 2021, leading the company through COVID and building the practice from 85 staff to 125 staff with revenues that have increased from under $20 million in revenue to revenues in excess of $24 million. Tom has shaped his passion for adaptive and resilient solutions into company wide initiatives to improve efficiency, build tools for simplicity, increase transparency and build career pathways for all employees in the company.

Tom works in the urban realm to reposition infrastructure to reinvigorate places. His early work includes managing the design of the first phase of the High Line, Fresh Kills landfill to lifescape park, the reconstruction of the world famous Staten Island Ferry St. George Terminal and Winrock World Headquarters in Arkansas. Tom has built a strong career creating climate adaptation strategies for New York City and Connecticut, post Superstorm Sandy and Charleston and rural South Carolina following Hurricanes Florence and Harvey. Tom leads the Sherwood Climate Resilience practice, helping our staff to build our reputation in coastal and inland water resilience strategies.

Tom has lectured nationally on the topics of transit-oriented development (TOD), urban sustainability, resilience, and urban agriculture at universities and regional conferences including Princeton, Columbia, Yale, NJIT, CUNY, Greenbuild, The Institute for Urban Design, APA and AIA.

Fun Facts: Tom camps every Fall in the Adirondacks with friends he met at his first job working for the City of New York. When not hiking, Tom enjoys writing, tennis and communing with nature by growing vegetables and herbs in his urban garden. Tom routinely bikes to work to our office in midtown Manhattan.

Favorite Projects:

• Semarang
• Resilient Bridgeport