Thomas Pietrykoski

Tom Pietrykoski is a lifelong New Jerseyan and avid hiker, backpacker and outdoor enthusiast. He also volunteers with the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference as a co-trail maintainer of the Appalachian Trail. Tom began his career as a community organizer with AmeriCorps working to protect the Passaic River, and started a non-profit working to reconnect local communities to urban waterways in New Jersey.

Tom currently serves as the Director of Corporate Communications at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, one of the largest transportation agencies in the nation. Before joining PANYNJ, he worked for U.S. Senator Cory Booker for six years, most recently as Deputy Communications Director. He previously worked for U.S. Congressman Bill Pascrell Jr. as Communications Director and led public affairs for the State of New Jersey’s Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission, where he started as a scientist studying the New York-New Jersey Harbor’s water quality.