Practical Solutions to America's Problems
About American Gridlock
We are an organization dedicated to rationally solving America's toughest problems.
Solve American Gridlock seeks to alert Americans to critical national situations and advocate pathways for correcting them. We realize that this is an intimidating undertaking, but its importance calls for citizens to take the initiative.
American Gridlock provides you with a variety of solutions for your everyday problems.
Our goal is to foster problem solving in a dysfunctional climate by promoting healthy conversations, listening, curiosity and empathy. If that sounds like something you and your friends could use, join our group and we’ll get the conversation started.
Understand
Demonstrate
Solve
Steps in
Solving American Gridlock
Understand
We believe that the first step in solving problems is being able to talk to each other. That’s why we strive to help people better understand issues that they may not understand by simply providing information without judgment.
Demonstrate
We engage anyone and everyone - elected officials, the media, voters, industry leaders and potential investors - so we can understand your problem. Then we research and collect opinions, and we analyze the facts.
Solve
We propose solutions, educate people about
the issues and the pivotal changes needed, and promote the improvements.
The People behind Solve American Gridlock
Tom Mast lives in Austin, Texas with his wife Eddie of many years – many decades in fact. They adore their two sons and five grandchildren. Tom grew up in Lubbock and Midland, Texas, received a BS degree in mechanical engineering from The University of Texas and an MS degree from Stanford, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy in Philadelphia and Spain, and then graduated from the Harvard Business School. He spent his career in manufacturing and engineering management and has traveled widely. In recent years, he has been active in several non-profit organizations. He has long had a strong interest in understanding and resolving our country’s polarization and the duopoly in our Congress, its causes, and the improvements we can encourage.