Thomas Hinton

Thomas Hinton serves as the president & chief executive officer of the American Consumer Council (ACC), a non-profit consumer education organization based in San Diego, California. ACC’s mission is to educate consumers on the use and purchase of safe, reliable products, to guide consumers on how to wisely invest and save money through financial education programs, and champion environmental practices through its Green C Certification programs. ACC has over 148,000 members in all 50 states and oversees a chapter network of 44 state consumer councils with 25 offices across the nation. ... Read more

Mr. Hinton served as the president of the California Consumer Council prior to joining ACC.

In previous roles, Mr. Hinton served as the Deputy Director of the National District Attorneys Association; Executive Director of the California Peace Officers Association; Executive Director of the Associated Builders & Contractors of Utah-Idaho; and, a Regional Manager of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States.

Tom is a graduate of the University of Maryland and completed the Fundraising Management graduate program at the University of San Diego. Tom also attended the MBA programs at National Graduate School for Quality Management and the University of Phoenix. He resides in San Diego, CA.

He may be reached at: tom@americanconsumercouncil.org

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