LeRoy Thompson accepted Governor Bill Haslam’s appointment as Regional Director to the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Develop-ment in October 2012 and served the State until December 31, 2014. During his tenure, Thompson spearheaded 33 major corporate projects that resulted in more than $1 billion in new capital investment, leading to the creation of thou-sands of new jobs across East Tennessee. Thompson transitioned from his State role to found LeRoy Thompson Consultants, LLC (“LTC”), a private consul-tancy which delivers professional business development, project management, and community and government affairs services to select clients.
Thompson is a business and community leader who also was founder and presi-dent and CEO of BDT Development & Management, LLC (“BDT”), a real es-tate development and construction firm specializing in the management of di-verse public and private projects, from 2002 to 2012. BDT developed, design built, and managed a wide variety of retail shopping centers, clinics, single and multi-family residences, and commercial projects at its own risk and as an Own-er’s Representative on behalf of city and county governments, economic devel-opment agencies, retail franchises, non-profits, and diverse private companies. Thompson’s company was a featured small business in Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen’s Economic Development Guide, a Knoxville Chamber Minority Busi-ness of the Year Pinnacle Award finalist, and a two time recipient of the Knox-ville Beautification Project award for its work on multiple center city develop-ment projects. In additional to holding other executive level positions in market-ing and sales firms and non-profits, Thompson has served as a board member for the Knoxville Chamber, Knoxville Tourism & Sports Corporation, Universi-ty of Tennessee Cancer Institute, University of Tennessee Board of Visitors, Leadership Knoxville, Knoxville Family Justice Center, Project Grad, and City of Knoxville Golf Board, among others. Thompson has been widely acknowl-edged with many accolades and awards for his dedication to community and public service, particularly for the benefit of under-privileged youth and adults.
Thompson is a former Penn State standout and a veteran star National Football League running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers, New England Patriots, Kansas City Chiefs, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He credits much of his creative corpo-rate training modules and inspirational speeches to lifelong lessons learned first-hand from Hall of Fame Coaches including Joe Paterno, Chuck Noll, Bill Cow-her, Bill Parcels, and Tony Dungy.
Thompson is a graduate of Penn State University with a B.A. in Communica-tions.
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LeRoy Thompson Consultants represents the utmost in professionalism, high ethical values, and, most important, service to clients with the ultimate commitment to results. Our reputation represents the depth of experience, knowledge, and relationships from decades of hands-on public and private development. You need knowledge, expertise, and experience. We deliver knowledge, expertise, and experience, and we are confident in that. But what you don't know is just as important as what you know... which is why we have access to longstanding networks and contacts which enable us to deliver world-class consulting across a broad spectrum of projects and industries.
