Thomas K. Hyatt

Principal

Thomas K. Hyatt, PLLC

Tom is a principal in the law practice of Thomas K. Hyatt, PLLC and in the governance practice Tom Hyatt Governance Strategies. He focuses his legal practice on corporate, nonprofit regulatory, and tax-exempt organization issues and is widely known for his work on behalf of public and private nonprofit universities and colleges and institutionally related foundations, as well as public and private nonprofit health care providers. He frequently works with nonprofit governing boards and board committees to address such issues as regulatory compliance, fiduciary duty, conflicts of interest, bylaws and policy development and revision, senior management compensation and benefits, CEO transition, succession planning, fund raising, lobbying and political campaign activity, board development, membership matters, corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, and joint ventures. Tom’s governance consulting practice is devoted to assisting nonprofits in adopting leading governance practices and becoming high-performing boards.

Tom is a licensed consultant for the Standards for Excellence Institute and is a Senior Consultant  for AGB Consulting. He frequently lectures on business, tax exemption planning, and governance issues for nonprofit organizations and has written numerous books and articles for publication. Tom is the co‑author of The Law of Tax-Exempt Healthcare Organizations, Fourth Edition (2013, Cum. Supp. 2021) published by Wiley, the author of the AGB Effective Committee Series Guidebook, The Compensation Committee (2013), and the author of the chapter Fiduciary Responsibilities of Foundation Boards in The New Realties for Public Higher Education Foundations (2020) published by AGB Press. Tom also serves as a Senior Fellow at the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges. Tom was recognized as the Outstanding Nonprofit Lawyer of the Year for 2017 by the American Bar Association.