Tom Bryson A native of New Orleans and a 1983 graduate of LSU, Tom Bryson is a 27-year veteran of municipal government communications, currently serving as Communications Director for the City of Farmers Branch, Texas. Following an early career stint as a newspaper reporter, he came in from the dark side in 1990 working for the City of Duncanville, where he remain for nine years.
At Farmers Branch, he is responsible
All city internal and external communications activities. Tom is also a past President of the Texas Association of Municipal Information Officers and is currently Vice President of 3CMA, the national City-County Communications and Marketing Association. In his free time, Tom enjoys writing, watching an unhealthy amount of television, and playing golf badly. He is marri to Dr. Mechelle Bryson, head of schools at Westlake Academy in Texas.
They are proud parents of son,
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William McNamara William is a technology
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