Tom Rosshirt

Chief Strategist & Director of Research
Co-creator of the Dignity Index

Tom Rosshirt is a co-creator of the Dignity Index.  Previously, he was a high school teacher, a syndicated columnist, a Capitol Hill press secretary, and a Special Assistant to the President in the Clinton White House, where he was foreign affairs spokesman for Vice President Gore and national security speechwriter for President Clinton.  Tom is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where he majored in Philosophy, and has a Master’s degree from Harvard, where he studied Human Development.  He is co-founder of West Wing Writers, the Washington DC writing and strategy firm, and the author of Chasing Peace: A Story of Breakdowns, Breakthroughs and the Spiritual Power of Neuroscience, published in 2025 by Penguin Random House.