Background
Seessel, Thomas Vining was born on November 16, 1937 in Chattanooga. Son of Ben Adolph and Dorothy Anne (Parham) Seessel.
Nonprofit organization executive
Seessel, Thomas Vining was born on November 16, 1937 in Chattanooga. Son of Ben Adolph and Dorothy Anne (Parham) Seessel.
Bachelor, Dartmouth College, 1959; Master of Public Administration, Princeton University, 1964.
Assistant to director, Community Progress, Incorporated, New York Haven, 1964-1967;
executive director, New Jersey Housing Finance Agency, Trenton, 1967-1970;
senior program officer, The Ford Foundation, New York City, 1970-1974;
deputy commissioner, New Jersey Department Environmental Protection, Trenton, 1974-1975;
executive vice president, Manpower Demonstration Reserve Corporation, New York City, 1975-1978;
owner, management consultant, Television Seessel Associations, Hopewell, New Jersey, 1979-1985;
executive director, National Council on Alcoholism, New York City, 1985-1988;
president, National Council on Alcoholism, New York City, 1988;
president, Seedco, New York City, since 1988;
treasurer, Seedco, New York City, 1986-1988. Visiting lecturer Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1966-1968, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1968-1969. Adjunct Professor New School Social Research, New York City, 1978-1979.
Member tech.adv. committee Adolescent School-based Health Care Superior vena cava syndrome program Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, 1986-1991, and national advising committee "Fighting Back" program to combat substance abuse, since 1989.
Member board education Hopewell Valley Regional School District, Pennington, New Jersey, 1971-1974. Trustee Thomas Edison College New Jersey, 1979-1992, chairman board trustees, 1987-1989. Board trustees Thomas Edison College New Jersey Foundation, since 1992.
Board directors Business Employment Foundation, Paterson, New Jersey, 1979-1987, Freedom Institute, New York City, 1988-1991, National Neighborhood Coalition, since 1995. Board directors Center for Science in Public Interest, 1990-1993, treasurer, 1991-1993. Member Princeton Graduate Alumni (chairman nominating and awards committee 1978-1980), Phi Beta Kappa.
Clubs: New York Princeton.
Married Diane Farnham Wiener, January 26, 1963. Children: Adam Humphreys, Jessica Parham, Ben Vining.