Thomas Averill Duckenfield

Thomas A. Duckenfield, III was born in Washington, DC, the son of Thomas A. Duckenfield, Sr., an attorney and mathematician, and Evelyn Duckenfield, a school teacher and assistant principal. His maternal and paternal roots are firmly entrenched in the Commonwealth of Virginia, especially Richmond County, Westmoreland County, Caroline County, Hanover County, Greensville County, and Richmond City. Through his mother Evelyn Newman Duckenfield, he is a double-descendant of the Thompson and Newman families manumitted in 1791 by Councillor Robert Carter III's Deed of Gift. Duckenfield is the CEO of TDB Communications, Inc. Previously, he practiced law the areas of corporate finance, commercial transactions, renewable energy, government contracts, and international trade. He also received commissions as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Infantry and as a Captain in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History, cum laude from Princeton University, a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School, and England & Wales Solicitor Qualification through the Oxford Institute for Legal Studies. He served in the U.S. Army as an infantry lieutenant, captain in the Judge Advocate General's Corps, and Assistant to the Army General Counsel in the Pentagon. His hobbies and interests include genealogy; international travel; pick-up ice-hockey; and book, stamp, and coin collecting. Duckenfield is married to Lynnette Estoperez Ecraela, who was born and raised in the Philippines; received a B.S. degree in Finance and B.A. degree in Politics from the University of the The Philippines; studied law at San Beda College in Manila; and received an MBA from Trinity University in Washington, DC. They have a daughter Catherine and a son Thomas.