Thomas “Thom” Reilly (born December 29, 1960) is an American academic, higher education chancellor, and public administrator.

He is a professor in the School of Public Affairs and co-director for the Center for an Independent and Sustainable Democracy at Arizona State University.

[4][6] His private sector experience includes a role as corporate vice president for Social Responsibility for Harrah's Entertainment, from 2006 to 2007.

[8] In 2014, Reilly was named director of the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University.

He was the twelfth and chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education, having succeeded John Valery White on August 7, 2017.

[15][16] In addition to publishing numerous articles in academic journals on the topics of public pay and benefits, child welfare, and governance, Reilly’s columns and op-eds have appeared in a variety of American publications, including NPR's "Here and Now," PBS NewsHour, CNN Money, ABC World News, “This Week with George Stephanopoulos”, Fox Business News, and in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes, The Guardian, Law 360, Governing, Businessweek, The Fulcrum and The Associated Press,Governing, the Arizona Republic, the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Reno Gazette Journal, and the Las Vegas Sun.

[22] The Independent Voter (forthcoming September 2022) with co-authors Jackie Salit & Omar Ali is being published by Routledge Press (Francis & Taylor Group).