
John R. Thompson
Director since 2013
Board committees:
compensation (chair), executive, governance and nominating
Subject expertise:
CEO/senior officer; finance and accounting; governance/board; governmental and stakeholder relations; human resources and compensation; information technology; marketing; strategic planning
Career highlights:
Mr. Thompson served as a government relations consultant for Best Buy Co., Inc., a multinational consumer electronics corporation, from October 2012 to April 2016, and as senior vice president and general manager of BestBuy.com LLC, a subsidiary of Best Buy Co., Inc., from 2002 through 2012. Mr. Thompson was formerly a director of Belk, Inc. and Wendy’s International, Inc.