Tom Rand

Tom is active in Cleantech venture capital, technology incubation & commercialization, and public advocacy. He is Managing Partner of ArcTern Ventures, a Senior Advisor at the MaRS Discovery District and sits on the board of a number of clean energy companies and organizations. Tom also developed Planet Traveler, a low-carbon hotel project in downtown Toronto. Tom's first book Kick the Fossil Fuel Habit was published in early 2010 (winner of the 2011 Whitepine Non-Fiction award) and his second - Waking the Frog - became a bestseller in Spring 2014. Tom was recently appointed to the Government of Ontario’s Climate Action Group.