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Tom Kester

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Tom Kester

ARMS Operations Manager and Secretary
Land Trust Alliance, Alliance Risk Management Services LLC

Tom Kester is the Operations Manager and Secretary for Alliance Risk Management Services LLC (Terrafirma’s corporate manager) and is responsible for the day-to-day operations of Terrafirma. He previously worked as assistant general counsel for an affiliate of a large U.S. health care insurer, staff attorney for the State of Vermont’s Medicaid and Affordable Care Act programs, and as an associate in a private practice firm where he focused on real property matters and general civil litigation. Tom earned his J.D. from Vermont Law School and his B.A. in Government from Franklin & Marshall College. He is an actively licensed Vermont attorney, and lives with his wife in central Vermont.

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