Thomas M. Padilla: Get to know NASBP’s 2014-2015 president

Thomas M. Padilla, senior vice president at HUB International Insurance Services, Albuquerque, New Mexico, learned from his parents at an early age that “everything you do should be about giving back and making a difference.” It’s a principle that has guided his life ever since and will shape his year as NASBP’s president.

Born and raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Padilla served in the U.S. Air Force before returning home and joining his father’s real estate business. That market wasn’t thriving in the late 1970s, however, and in 1979 Padilla moved to Albuquerque to work at the Manuel Lujan Agencies, founded by his grandfather in 1926 (the firm was acquired by HUB International Insurance Services, Inc. last year). READ MORE…