Thomas Haire

About

Co-founder and chief content officer of Definitive Media Group, an event and trade publishing company, as well as co-founder and board member of the Performance-Driven Marketing Institute (PDMI), a non-profit trade association for companies working in performance-driven and direct-to-consumer marketing. Prior to serving in these roles, Haire was editor-in-chief of Response — the magazine for media, technology, and commerce — for 17 years through July 2018. He also served as the content director of Response Expo, a trade event in the marketing industry, from 2007-2018. A four-time Western Publications Association (WPA) Maggie-award nominee as editor-in-chief of Response and a two-time Eddie Award winner as a magazine editor and feature writer, Haire also writes for the CBS-owned 247sports.com website, USCFootball.com, where he’s handled game previews and other opinion pieces on USC Trojan football since 2000. He also operates his own blog, TomRants.com, and can be followed on Twitter at @THrants. A native Southern Californian, Haire and his wife relocated to Massachusetts this summer and welcomed their first child, a son, in September.