Jim Thompson Washington, D.C. ***** 202-***-****

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Senior experienced Federal Government innovator and intrapreneur working in international development, national security, and international affairs. Conducts capital campaigns, builds alliances and enduring relationships between government, the private sector, and non-government organizations. Has built a comprehensive network of contacts in philanthropy, the business community and throughout the U.S. Government, from the White House to State Department and USAID.

Experienced at working at the highest levels of government dealing with national security issues and managing crisis situations.

Expertise

Public-private partnerships Fundraising

National security policy

Design-thinking

Business development

Federal procurement

Sustainability (ESG)

Intelligence

International development

Strengths

Executive leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Facilitation, event planning and management

Government-private sector negotiations

Strategic planning and philanthropic outreach Communications planning and public relations

Work History

Director of Partnerships 2008-2012, 2013-2021, 2023-Present

U.S. Department of State

Improved diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility programming.

Developed the Secretary of State's Global Equality Fund which is now the largest funder of the LGBT human rights around the world. LGBT human rights are criminalized in over 70 countries with 5 countries who still impose the death penalty for same sex relations. The Secretary of State's fund is now over $70M with 15 countries and 12 private sector organizations including, Deloitte, Royal Bank of Canada, Hilton Corp, Bloomberg, Marriott, Arcus Foundation, Mac AIDS Fund, and others, as contributing partners and is operating in 80 countries around the world. Hosted the Fund’s opening gala, with Secretary Clinton and Sir Elton John.

Conducted a business development campaign and raised $70M for the President's Young African Leadership Initiative's (YALI) four regional leadership centers in Africa. Secured contributions from Mastercard Foundation ($10M), Dow Chemical ($3M), Intel Corporation ($5M), Cisco ($1.2M), McKinsey ($1.5M) and Atlas Mara ($25M).

Created and implemented the Secretary of State's Faith and Human Rights partnership to address Africa's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community rights through the prism of faith. As a result, I helped develop a support network for their ministries with the LGBTQI community.

Increased partnership capabilities.

Built the Secretary's Office of Global Partnerships from 5 staff to over 20 diverse professionals working on partnerships. With an operating annual budget of only $2m, I led the office to leverage over $1.7B in private sector and other government resources.

Developed and led in-person and virtual training for State Department and other government officials on public-private partnership using design-thinking and participant-focused methodologies.

Developed Global Partnerships Week, a week-long celebration of public-private partnerships, where I hosted a 500-person event at the U.S. Institute of Peace with USAID and Concordia.

Increased the use of open innovation techniques for diplomacy.

Developed and led a team for the Secretary of State's 40 city, six continents, global Fishackathon event focused on sustainable fishing. This hackathon was the world's second largest and developed over 100 applications to address ocean issues such as overfishing, illegal fishing and acidification. Further secured business development partnerships and sponsorships with Virgin LLC, Sir Richard Branson, McDonald's, The Coca Cola Company, The Economist, Cisco, Microsoft, IBM and aquariums and tech hubs around the world.

Managed the Department's Diplomacy Lab, a partnership with 36 universities, including minority serving institutions that serves as a course-sourcing mechanism to assist the Department with research and programs. As a result, we received over 100 university-led research projects that provided the Department with insights and products on significant national security issues.

Pioneered the Department's first use of the innovative acquisition co-creation process for an $11M USG investment in Libyan Airport Security. Used my extensive experience as a former Contracting Officer, I developed a design-thinking workshop where the grant applicants could build their knowledge on the issues and get additional perspectives on successful approaches. As a result, we received 11 significantly better proposals that would enhance airport security. Successfully led my team into three additional co-creation awards and have instituted this new procurement practice at the Department of State.

Created an accelerator event for potential partnerships with non-governmental organizations to counter propaganda abroad resulting in 9 new awards that successfully integrated their technology and approaches into the Department's test bed for threat response.

Produced and directed the first ever government-hosted TED Conference at the Department of State. We had over 800 participants and the best of TED speakers.

Deputy Group Chief, Private Sector 2022-2023

Office of The Director of National Intelligence

Improved partnership readiness.

Created a new 10-part Partner Leadership Series on partnership topics, the use of Generative AI, and the future of the partnership builder.

Conducted outreach to universities, global technology companies, and non-governmental organizations, which improved the IC's information and networks, and protected U.S. national security interests.

Facilitated outreach to the venture capital community to share information on how the intelligence works and how to protect their investments.

Improved the Intelligence Community’s (IC) business intelligence.

Launched a new customer relationship management (CRM) tool for ODNI. The CRM enables the intelligence community to better track its engagement with partners and make better decisions on outreach and partnerships.

Developed the IC's Front Door for the private sector that brought in over 30 new contractors, partners and expand the IC's engagement with the private sector.

Advanced understanding and use of technology.

Managed the IC's development of an Immersive Technology Strategy with input from industry partners, Microsoft, Google, NVIDIA, and Meta.

Hosted an external industry expert's panel on generative artificial intelligence and the impact on the intelligence community, collection methods, and future threats.

Managed the development of a report on generative AI and potential foreign malign influence on elections.

Director of Partnerships and Global Engagement 2021-2022

National Security Council, The White House

Improved stakeholder engagement.

Drafted top Biden-Harris Administration's national security policies to be inclusive of the private sector partnerships and engagement. Policies included: National Security Strategy, U.S Arctic Policy, Water Strategy, Food Security Strategy.

Wrote a report to the President on the status of partnerships across the government, with recommendations to improve the Federal Government's capacity to partner.

Developed the Administration's outreach to business, civil society, think tanks, and academia for the G7, the President's Democracy Summit, food security and water policy, resulting in better informed policy.

Coordinated and facilitated meetings for the President, Vice-President and other White House senior leaders with C-Suite leaders from academia, philanthropy and the private sector.

Increased interagency coordination.

Developed an NSC-led, participant-focused training for 100 Federal Government attorneys on partnerships to help dispel myths and misperception.

Led the Federal Government's 24-member Interagency Policy Committee to advance the work of innovation and partnerships and successfully added HHS and NSF new partnership offices.

Led business development mission to raise millions of dollars of donations from Proctor & Gamble, CVS, Walmart and churches for the U.S Government agencies and NGOs working on the resettlement of the Afghan refugees in the United States, which led to the refugees having clothing, bedding and baby formula on U.S. bases.

Developed an NSC-led training for 100 Federal Government attorneys on partnerships to help dispel myths and misperception.

Director of Partnerships and Innovation 2012-2013

National Security Council, The White House

Improved the Administration’s communications.

Wrote the White House's Building Partnerships Best Practices Guide that continues to provide Federal Agencies with a policy framework for industry engagement.

Drafted an Executive Order for Public-Private Partnerships.

Provided leadership for the Administration on stakeholder engagement.

Led the White House effort to expand the use of public-private partnerships within the national security community to leverage the private sector for technology, innovation, creativity, and resources.

Led and managed the 23-member NSC Interagency Policy Committee on Community Partnerships and added non-security related Federal agencies.

Acting Director 2004-2008

Global Development Alliance, U.S. Agency for International Development

Created a new procurement instrument for partnerships called the Collaboration Agreement. This new tool enables USAID to award funds to for-profit businesses or foundations that can work with the Agency on development initiatives. One of the original awards was made to Starbucks to work with their corporate foundation to support farmers in the coffee growing communities around the world.

Testified to Hill staff on public-private partnerships and USAID’s work to improve development outcomes.

Contract Specialist, Grant Officer, Food for Peace Officer 1991-2004

USAID and U.S. Department of Energy

Over 5 years of Federal acquisition experience in soliciting, negotiating, awarding, and managing U.S. Federal contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements. I managed the following award types: Firm-fixed price, cost-plus-fixed fee, cost-plus-award fee, managing and operating contracts, and invitations for bid. Awarded contracts from GSA schedule and open solicitation processes.

Sold crude oil, natural gas, and other liquid products for the U.S. Naval Petroleum Reserves to the private sector from California, Wyoming, and Colorado.

Education

Master of Arts: Political Studies 1990

University of Auckland, Rotary International Scholar

Bachelor of Arts: International Relations 1989

Saint Joseph's University

Certifications

Procurement Management Certification 1999

Awarded for demonstrated knowledge, training and skills in Federal Procurement and a requirement for USAID procurement professionals to obtain a warrant.

OPM Senior Executive Service, Executive Core Qualifications 2019

U.S. Department of Interior, Senior Executive Service Training Program

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