Thomas Hyatt

Thomas Hyatt is a senior fellow for the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB). Hyatt makes educational presentations to boards of directors on current issues, conducts in-service training, and facilitates board discussions and retreats. He has given a number of presentations to nonprofit associations and boards regarding the implications on corporate responsibility and good governance for nonprofit organizations of the IRS new Form 990.

Hyatt is a member of Sonnenschein’s Health Care Group, focusing on corporate and tax-exempt organization issues for health care providers. He represents organizations including public and private hospitals, multi-hospital systems, integrated delivery systems, academic medical centers, home health agencies, health maintenance organizations, continuing care retirement communities, provider associations, physician clinics, faculty practice plans, physician-hospital organizations, management services organizations, and shared service organizations. Hyatt also represents higher education organizations on governance and public policy matters.

A substantial portion of Hyatt’s practice involves counseling nonprofit organizations on governance and transactional matters. He frequently works with nonprofit governing boards and board committees to address such issues as regulatory compliance, fiduciary duty, conflict of interest, bylaws development and revision, senior management compensation and benefits, CEO transition, fundraising, lobbying and political campaign activity, board development, membership matters, corporate restructuring, mergers, and joint ventures.

Hyatt is the chair emeritus and serves on the faculty of the annual Tax Issues in Healthcare Organizations seminar sponsored by the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA), and is past chair of AHLA’s Tax and Finance Practice Group. He frequently lectures on business and tax planning issues for nonprofit health care providers and has written numerous articles for publication on tax-exempt organization topics.

Hyatt earned his BA from Boston College and his JD from the University of Pittsburgh.