Chief Programs Officer
Thomas has worked with PFCF in varying roles since 2016, when he helped found the Joudour Sahara Music Program as an on-the-ground volunteer coordinator. In that time, Thomas has received numerous awards and prizes, including being a recipient of the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation by the United States Department of State to document the diverse cultural heritages of southeastern Morocco. Thomas was also on the winning team of the Holcim Global Prize for Sustainable Construction for the design of the Joudour Sahara Center for Music and Ecology in 2021. In 2026, Thomas was co-published alongside PFCf Nepali program leaders Shyam Basnet and Parbati Dahal for the chapter “Lessons from Community Music Programmes in Rural Nepal” in the book Music Education in South Asia: Context and Practice published by Routledge.
