Tom Thompson
Founder
Tom co-founded Valens Solutions with his wife Tiffany in 2019. Based on personal experiences with underserved populations, Tom and Tiffany saw the need to walk alongside their refugee and immigrant neighbors to improve their health and wellness through resources such as safe, clean housing, employment, education, access to quality health care, food and legal assistance. In their professional lives they have also experienced and understand the need for providing support for individuals from all minority populations entering the fields of professional Law Enforcement and Nursing, which is an additional special focus of Valens Solutions.
Tom serves as the Chief of Police/Director of Public Safety at Sinclair Community College. Previously he served as the Network Executive Director of Police for a large health network in the Dayton, Ohio area, and as Assistant City Manager of a city in southern Ohio. He previously retired as the Assistant Chief of Police of the Miamisburg Police Department in Ohio. He is a speaker and consultant with Law Enforcement Action Partnerships, a workplace violence consultant with KLA Risk Management, and an adjunct professor with Sinclair Community College where he teaches classes in two state of Ohio prisons. Tom serves on the Welcome Dayton Committee, the Advisory Board of the Dayton Equity Center, the Board of Heroic Deeds, the Macedonia Community Development Corporation Board, and he is a Silver lifetime member of the NAACP. He is a veteran of the United States Air Force. Tom obtained his bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Chapman University and a master’s degree in public administration from Wright State University. He has begun pursuing a doctorate degree in criminal justice at Liberty University.
Tom and Tiffany have been married for 34 years. They have three children and eight grandchildren.
Dr. Tiffany Thompson
Executive Director
Tiffany co-founded Valens Solutions with her husband Tom in 2019 and now serves as the Executive Director. Based on personal and professional experiences with underserved populations, specifically refugee and immigrant communities, Tiffany and Tom saw the need to walk alongside their neighbors to improve their health and wellness through resources such as safe, clean housing, employment, education, access to quality health care, food and legal assistance. In their professional lives they have also experienced and understand the need for providing support for individuals from all minority populations entering the fields of professional Law Enforcement and Nursing, which is an additional special focus of Valens Solutions.
Dr. Thompson leads the executive operations of Valens Solutions, and also works as a healthcare consultant with hospital leadership teams across the nation. She is an adjunct professor of nursing at Xavier University and Sinclair College. Previously, she served in various nursing leadership roles within a large health network in the Dayton, Ohio area. She is a certified professional coach and public speaker with the John Maxwell Team. Doctorally prepared in executive leadership in population health, she is passionate about equitable, quality healthcare and access for impoverished and underserved populations and is committed to doing necessary work to diversify the nursing workforce through tangible support for minority men and women entering the nursing field. Tiffany obtained her initial nursing degree at Kettering College, a Master of Nursing in Leadership and Management at Western Governors University and a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from Xavier University. Tiffany leads the Health & Wellness Ministry at Chosen Church in Dayton, Ohio, and is a member of Women in Christian Leadership and Welcome Dayton where she serves on the Health and Human Services Committee.
Tiffany has been married to Tom for 34 years. They have three children, three children "in-love" and eight precious grandchildren who are the joy of her life.
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