Susie Thompson

Susie Thompson has enjoyed a long and interesting career in a variety of different roles – all connected to her LOVE for learning and leadership. She is currently the Vice-President of Human Resources and Culture Officer at the Wood and Huston Bank in Marshall, Missouri where she LOVES helping make sure her teammates deliver extraordinary experiences and feel like they get to come to work versus having to come to work every day.

She is a graduate from the Graduate School of Banking at theUniversity of Wisconsin – Madison and she is a certified Extreme Leadership Facilitator.

Prior to her current career, Susie received a master’s degree in teaching from the University of Central Missouri and spent nine years as an English teacher, yearbook advisor and varsity tennis coach at two Missouri parochial schools. Susie also spent 17 years with Hallmark Cards, Incorporated where she was responsible for Learning and Development, Leadership Development, Retail Training, and executive coaching. While at Hallmark, Susie’s passion for speaking led her to a side motivational speaking business that, for the past 15 years, has landed her engagements with over 200 groups including Cisco Systems, American Academy of Family Physicians, Sprint, Mannington Flooring, Agriculture Future of America, and multiple universities and schools.

Susie is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame where she was the first female tennis scholarship recipient, two-time captain, and two-time MVP. She still holds the records for highest doubles winning percentage and credits that team experience for guiding her down the path of leadership. While at Notre Dame, the importance of a lifetime of community service was instilled and remains an important part of her life.

She served as a board member for the Marshall Public Schools and is currently a member of the Sacred Heart School Foundation and a founding member of the Lyceum Liaisons, a volunteer group supporting Arrow Rock Missouri’s Lyceum Theater bringing a bit of Broadway to the Midwest. In addition, she has been a board member for the Stephanie Waterman Tennis Foundation and the Fitzgibbon Hospital Foundation.

Most importantly, Susie is a farmer’s wife (in title only – think “Green Acres”) to Joe who produces corn and soybean crops and raises Black Angus cattle. Their daughter, Lexie, is a recent graduate of Rockhurst University in Kansas City.