Tom Romberg, President
tromberg@onr.com

Tom Romberg is a fifth-generation Texan with deep roots in Austin. He is a sixty-one year old grandson of a University of Texas physics professor and volunteer grandmother (Austin Public Library, Parks Department, and health care clinics). Mr. Romberg grew up in Austin and Houston, returning to Austin to spend his high school years at St. Stephen's School and summers on Lake Travis. He holds a BA degree in mathematics with a minor in physics from the University of Texas at Austin.

He is married to Peggy Freeman Romberg, Executive Director of a non-profit organization. they have three grown children. One daughter, a former litigation attorney with the U.S. Justice Department, is a full time mother with her husband, Russell Gravatt and their two year old daughter. A second daughter is a registered nurse with Cardiovascular Associates and mother of eight year old son and daughter twins. Their son, a former teacher of Honors and Advanced Placement Chemistry is now a first year resident in OB-gyn at Baylor Medical in Dallas. The Rombergs met at UT, and have lived in Austin all their married lives (40 years).

Mr. Romberg has been associated with the heating and air conditioning industry all of his working life. He spent eight years in the supply and mechanical sales representative side before entering the contracting side. He is owner and operator of Action mechanical Services, Inc., a design, installation, service and energy conservation services firm. He is past president of the Austin chapter of the Air conditioning Contractors of America, past president of the Texas Air Conditioning Contractors Association, a former board member of the Resource Conservation Contractors of America, a former senior arbiter and former board member for the Austin Better Business Bureau, a former member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air conditioning Engineers, and a member of the Refrigeration Service Engineers Society.

Mr. Romberg was instrumental in founding the Austin Yacht Club and was its Commodore in 1970 and 1971. He is a former Senior Judge for US SAILING, a Senior Recognized Race Officer, a past National Chairman of the Junior Championships Committee of US SAILING, and a past member of its board of directors, representing a ten state area. He has been chairman of the Street Advisory Commission of Westlake Hills, a member of the board of Wild Basin, on the vestries of St. Michael's Church and All Saints Church, Commodore of the Texas Yachting Association, President of the Area F Council of US SAILING, and, with his wife, Co-President of the Eanes PTA. Mr. Romberg was once a candidate for a seat on the Eanes ISD school board. He has volunteered his time to teach Sunday school, coach basketball, and teach SAILING. He has been active in Marriage Encounter.

He labels himself as a "gadgeteer" and is forever repairing mechanical things, for a living as well as for his own time activities.