Jeremiah “Tom” Sheehan has spent a lifetime demonstrating that success carries with it a responsibility to serve others. Raised in a family grounded in faith, hard work, integrity and service, Tom learned those principles from his parents, Sherwood and Norma Sheehan. After graduating from Cardinal Gibbons High School and Spring Hill College, a Jesuit university in Mobile, Alabama, Tom returned to South Florida and joined the family automobile business. He later became President of the Sheehan organization, helping guide its continued growth while maintaining the family values of integrity, honesty and respect.
Away from business, Tom has quietly devoted significant time, talent and resources to his community and to those in need. His support has included the Archdiocese of Miami, St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Lighthouse Point, local first responders, major South Florida nonprofit organizations, Our Lady of Victory National Shrine & Basilica, and numerous charitable organizations.
Tom’s approach to philanthropy reflects the faith in which he was raised: service should not be performed for recognition, but because helping others is simply the right thing to do. His life has been shaped by faith, family, common sense and humility—and by the belief that those who have been fortunate have an obligation to help those who have not.
It is that enduring commitment to faith, community and service that we honor today.
