About

Thomas A. Shakely is an undergraduate majoring in political science at the Pennsylvania State University. While attending Penn State, he resides in State College, Pa. and is active in the Central Pennsylvania community. Mr. Shakely is a practicing Catholic and is conservative-libertarian.

At Penn State, Tom worked for three years at The LION 90.7fm (WKPS), the campus radio station, in various leadership roles, including financial director, program director and, ultimately, president and general manager.

He continues to contribute frequently on-air as a panelist on the station’s long time public affairs talk show, “Radio Free Penn State,” which since its founding in 1999 has interviewed such nationally known persons as Ann Coulter, Pat Toomey, Dinesh D’Souza and Dr. Alan Koors.

Mr. Shakely also works as Web Editor for The Philadelphia Bulletin, that city’s “family newspaper.” He also writes a regular column on higher education for The Bulletin called “The Academy.”

Additionally, Tom engages in consulting and web strategy for persons and groups including The Burnie Thompson Show, which airs on Talk Radio 101 in Panama City, Fl. to the University Park Undergraduate Association (UPUA), the student government of Penn State University.

Mr. Shakely volunteers as Vice President for Development for the Penn State Student Radio Alumni Interest Group (SRAIG), an affiliate group of the Penn State Alumni Association. He is currently tasked with the establishment and fundraising for a permanent endowment to secure the long term financial viability of student radio on the University Park campus.

In January 2009, Tom began guest blogging at American Solutions for Winning the Future, a non-partisan group founded by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich based in Washington, DC.

American Solutions fashions itself as a citizen action network and think tank working to develop solutions to the challenges confronting America in the 21st century by harnessing “tri-partisan” solutions to meet the challenges confronting the nation.

Tom is a member of the Archbishop Wood Catholic High School Alumni Association, splits his time between State College and Philadelphia, is an avid reader and traveler, and enjoys warm weather and good beer. He hopes one day to own a beagle.