Tom was born in Los Angeles and raised in North Hollywood and Glendale. He graduated from Loyola Marymount University where he was a 4 year starter on the baseball team as a Pitcher, and is in the records books for Career Wins and ERA. Tom moved to Ventura in 1972 as a member of the construction team that built the “C” Street parking garage. Him and his wife loved Ventura and never left. For the next 25 years he worked in pipeline construction. Tom also has his teaching credential from Cal Lutheran University and has substituted in all the local public schools as well as taught driver’s ed. Tom also spent a great deal of time coaching baseball, softball, and basketball at all levels.
Tom started Scarlett’s Landscaping & Irrigation in 1980 as a side business to earn money on weekends. Over the years the company grew and when he retired from pipeline construction, he pursued his business full time. Scarlett’s Landscape, Inc was formed in 2008 with Tom’s only son Jeremy and now provides Landscape Design and Build service for all of Ventura County, Santa Barbara, and West Los Angeles County. Tom is married to his wife of over 40 years, Donna and has two daughters as well: Jeana Van, a personal and team trainer and Danielle Boshoff, a hair stylist. He currently has 8 grandchildren. Tom enjoys working out, swimming, traveling in his camper, hanging with his family, and going to all his grandchildren’s sporting events.
