Tom Shields, Sr. has owned Dalton since 1988. A Naval Academy and Harvard Business School Graduate, he was an officer on one of the first Polaris Nuclear submarines in the fleet. He spent most of his professional career in the manufacturing and health care space as a senior executive, including president of Harvard Community Health Plan and CEO of RIGHA, later Harvard Community Health Plan of New England. Tom and his brother Peter built and operated steel processing plants for major automotive companies and other OEMS, growing to 12 plants and 1,500 employees, while processing over a million pounds of steel per year.
Tom is a golf and tennis enthusiast, and he enjoys spending time with his 4 married children, their spouses and 11 grandchildren. Both he and his wife are active in their community, primarily with participation in faith based mission and charity work.