40 Under Forty 2020: Tom Plunket
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Tom Plunket
- Title: Vice president of production operations
- Company: Sira Naturals, in Milford
- Residence: Hopkinton
- Birthplace: Harrisburg, Pa.
- College: University of Delaware
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Tom Plunket plunged into the cannabis industry in 2016 and hasn’t looked back since. At Sira Naturals, a vertically integrated medical marijuana company, he has led the growth of two production facilities, with a third planned later this year.
He helped create a wholesale program, which places Sira’s product in 70% of all Massachusetts dispensaries. Plunket has proven himself not only dedicated to cannabis, but adaptable, too. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Plunket led the Sira initiative to pivot to manufacture more than 200 gallons of hand sanitizer, which the company then donated for use in response to the pandemic. Under Plunket’s watch, Sira donated 16,000 disposable gloves and more than 500 masks to local charities, hospitals and police departments. He serves as one of the forces behind the company’s donations to the Milford Youth Football program, the Claflin Hill Symphony, the Milford Youth Center, Saint Mary’s Parish and the Milford Regional Medical Center’s Mélange Gala, an annual fundraiser for cancer research. One of the first 10 people to work for Sira, which now employs more than 200, Plunket is as enthusiastic and as dedicated as ever about the budding industry’s future.
What is the first thing you’ll do after the pandemic is over? Visit my family in Pennsylvania
Who is most responsible for your success? My wife. She encouraged me to take job opportunities I felt passionate about, is supportive when I work long hours, and always gives great advice.
What is your dream job? The cannabis Industry. I was always passionate about cannabis but never imagined I could have a career in it. Everyday is a new, exciting challenge in this rapidly growing industry.
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