Getting to Know the Golden Horseshoe Board: Tom Gallinger
Getting to Know the Golden Horseshoe Board Tom Gallinger Q – What is the most interesting aspect of working in the condominium industry? A – Driving downtown and impressing friends and family by rhyming off the names and corporation numbers of all the condos you pass along the way! Q – How did you first get involved in CCI? A – Have always been a big supporter of CCI as I think they provide board members and unit owners’ great access to education and information directly from industry professionals. I had thought about running for the CCI board, but Sandy Foulds was instrumental in twisting my arm to get me involved.
Q – What’s the last country you visited? A – Jamaica, glad I got some sun down there before COVID changed everything. Q – Are you a spring, summer, fall, or winter? Please share why. A – Love the summer: swimming, sunshine, shorts, flip flops Q – What advice would you give your younger self? A – Don’t be afraid to take a risk.
Q – What is the best advice you’ve ever received? A – Run to problems – not away from them. Q – What person living or dead, would you most want to have dinner with? A – Chris Farley Q – What was your first job? A – “Lot boy” and car detailer at a car dealership. Q – Is there a charitable cause you support? Why? A – Crohn’s & Colitis Canada, and Canadian Cancer Society, both diseases that have impacted my family and hope to one day have them gone for good. Q – What are you most grateful for? A – Family and health. Q – What is one sound you love to hear most? A – The old school hockey night in Canada theme song, we gotta bring that back! Q – Last movie you saw in theatres? A – Oh geez, its been a while. Was likely something with my kids, maybe Frozen 2.
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