Thomas J. Stevens is a government relations specialist and former state official who covers all bases in governmental relations - state, national, and local. Since 1985, he has served as president of Government Relations Specialists, working with governors, physicians, physician assistants, psychologists and public policy makers. He represents Charleston Area Medical Center West Virginia University Hospitals and a variety of pharmaceutical companies, non-profit organizations and associations. Thom's interest in government began at Marshall University where he served two terms as President of the Student Government Senate. In 1974 he began a professional career in government in a series of executive level positions for the State Senate and House of Delegates. He was a department head in the administration of Governor Jay Rockefeller during the U. S. Senator's two terms as governor and has served in advisory capacities to Governors Gaston Caperton, Cecil Underwood and Bob Wise. Thom is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Family Medicine at the West Virginia University School of Medicine and is a Clinical Associate Professor at the Marshall University School of Medicine.