Thomas C. Quick is President of First Palm Beach Properties, Inc., a real estate holding company based in Palm Beach, FL. Mr. Quick is a retired Vice Chairman of Quick & Reilly/Fleet Securities, Inc. In 1998, Quick & Reilly became part of Fleet, then FleetBoston Financial Corporation (NYSE: FBF) one of the nation’s largest and most successful financial services firms and holding company of one of the nation’s largest banks prior to its acquisition by Bank of American Corporation.
From 1996 to 1998, when the firm was acquired by Fleet, Mr. Quick was President and Chief Operating Officer of The Quick & Reilly Group, Inc., the New York Stock Exchange-listed holding company for the firm’s securities businesses. From 1985 to 1996 he was President of Quick & Reilly, Inc, one of the leading national discount brokerage firms. Mr. Quick’s association with the firm began in 1977 where he worked in the company’s New York sales office.
Mr. Quick serves as Chairman of the Board of The Ireland Funds America. He is a member of the Board of Directors of The Inner-City Scholarship Fund, New York, NY; Palm Beach Police & Fireman Foundation; The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, New York, NY; Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County; The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL. Other board affiliates include The Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach; The Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society; The Safeguard Organization, Palm Beach, FL; Palm Beach Civic Association; Best Buddies International, Inc., Miami, FL; Venetian Heritage Foundation; Victoria & Albert Americas Foundation and Casita Maria Center, New York City. Mr. Quick was formally President of the YPO Metro New York City chapter and is currently a member of the WPO, World President’s Organization.
Mr. Quick was formerly a member of the board of trustees for Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; Fairfield University and St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, TN.
Mr. Quick received a B.S. in Accounting from Fairfield University in 1977. He resides in Palm Beach, FL, New York and Kinsale, Ireland.