Barbara Thomas

Barbara Thomas is a board member, author, and advocate marketing leader whose work centers on advocate marketing, content marketing, and customer reference programs. They currently serve as a board member for the Montgomery County Villages Consortium, Village Support Network, and Village to Village Network, and are an author with Pearson FT Press. They previously led customer advocacy programs as Senior Customer Advocacy Program Manager at Imprivata (2021–2024) and held roles including Global Team Manager at Accenture (2016–2019) and Senior Manager, Customer Recognition & Reference, Content Marketing at IHS (2009–2015). Their education includes a Certified Direct Marketer credential from Virginia Commonwealth University (2001–2002), with studies at JF Kennedy High School, Madison Area Technical College, and the University of Wisconsin–Madison.