Consultants | Beverly Brooks Thompson, CFRE

Beverly Brooks Thompson, CFRE

Vice President, Consulting

Beverly Brooks Thompson, CFRE is vice president of consulting for Pursuant. She brings experience in campaign development, implementation and management for programs that exceed goals of $500 million to the Pursuant team.

Prior to joining Pursuant, Thompson successfully served as the Director for Forever LSU: The Campaign for Louisiana State University, supporting the three adjoining campuses of LSU.  Raising over $798 million toward a $750 million goal, the Forever LSU campaign has stood out as a paradigm for success in higher education campaigns. Prior to working on the campaign, Beverly served as the Director of External Affairs for the division of Student Life and Academic Services, the largest division on LSU’s campus.  In addition, she has held numerous positions on campus in the areas of employer relations, student recruitment, placement, development and employer outreach, working as a liaison between students, individual departments, alumni and employers, as well as city, state and national commissions and offices. 

Thompson has been nominated two times for the LSU Employee of the Year, three times as the LSU Advisor of the Year, and once by the Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce as the Volunteer of the Year.  Programs under her direction have received national awards and recognition at CASE, APAP and NASPA, Advertising Federation and the Public Relations Association of Louisiana. Thompson has been licensed as a Certified Fundraising Executive.  She is an active member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society, and most recently received the honor of being named one of Louisiana’s Top 40 Under 40 by the Baton Rouge Business Report. 

A two-time alumna of Louisiana State University, Thompson is currently pursuing her PhD at LSU in Human Resource Development specializing in Organizational Leadership. This Texas native and her husband Corky have a combined family of three sons who are proud to call Louisiana home.