ABOUT

Dr. Beverly Brooks Thompson

Dr. Beverly Brooks Thompson is a published academic and practitioner in the field of philanthropic leadership. She holds a Doctorate in Human Resource Development specializing in Organizational Leadership with more than 25 years of fundraising campaign experience. Her fundraising counsel focuses on major and mega gift strategies, leadership coaching, campaign counsel and readiness, capacity building, and organizational assessment. Beverly combines proven advancement principles and fundraising best practices with innovative, custom-tailored strategies to assist clients in realizing their philanthropic goals. In addition, Beverly works with philanthropists, family offices, family foundations, and corporations as a guide to reinvest in society in ways that are productive and meaningful. Her clients are guided by individual visions for a better world; Beverly works to stimulate that vision for maximum impact both personally and/or to meet Corporate Social Responsibility goals.

Thompson has been licensed as a Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE), is a Certified Advisor in 21/64 Next Generation Family Wealth and is a Master Trainer for the Association of Fundraising Professionals. In addition, she is serves as an adjunct faculty member at the Valdry Center of Philanthropy at Southern University in Baton Rouge, LA.

Thompson gained national attention as the Director for Forever LSU: The Campaign for Louisiana State University, supporting the three adjoining campuses of LSU. Raising more than $798 million (exceeding the $750 million goal), the Forever LSU campaign has stood out as a paradigm for success in higher education campaigns nationwide. In addition, Thompson has held executive leadership roles at Brooks Thompson Consulting, Pursuant and the Foundation for Woman’s at Woman’s Hospital. Programs under Thompson’s direction have received national awards and recognition at CASE, APAP and NASPA, as well as awards from the American Advertising Federation.

Beverly serves on the boards of the LSU College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Junior League of Baton Rouge, Boy Scouts of America, and the Kid’s Orchestra. She is an active member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society and, has been conferred an official State of Kentucky Colonel. Beverly was recognized by the Baton Rouge Business Report in the 2008 class of Top Forty under 40 and 2018 class of Most Influential Women in Business, has been recognized as the Marketer of the Year by Sales and Marketing Association, Fundraiser of the Year, by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, and was named the 2017 Alumna of the Year by Louisiana State University College of Human Science and Education.

Thompson has served as senior counsel to leadership of the most prestigious non-profit organizations and boards in the country with responsibility for campaign development, implementation and management for programs that exceed goals of $500 million. Beverly’s clients included such prestigious organizations as The Archdiocese of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA; Arizona State University Sun Devil Athletics’, Tempe, Arizona; Boy Scouts of America – Istrouma Area Council, Baton Rouge, LA; The Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh, PA; Cristo Rey High School – Baton Rouge, LA; Franciscan University, Baton Rouge, LA; Louisiana Community Technical College System, Baton Rouge, LA; Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts, Natchitoches, LA; Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA.; Mastery Transcript Consortium, Sawyer, MI; Our Lady of the Lake Regional Health System, Baton Rouge, LA; Lycee Francais de la Nouvelle-Orleans, New Orleans, LA; Parkview Baptist School, Baton Rouge, LA; The Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY; The Recreation and Park Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge (BREC), Baton Rouge, LA; Sexual Trauma Assistance and Response (STAR), Baton Rouge, LA; Sigma Nu National Fraternity, Lexington, VA; St. Elizabeth Hospital, Gonzales, LA; UPMC Magee-Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA.

A four-time alumna of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Beverly and her husband, Corky, live in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and have a combined family of four adult children.