Press Release 

NEW ORLEANS—Carol Todd Thomas has rejoined the firm as Chief Marketing Officer. Ms. Thomas previously served as Jones Walker’s Chief Marketing Officer from 2005–2006 and guided the firm’s public relations and marketing efforts in New Orleans following the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005.

As Chief Marketing Officer, Ms. Thomas will be directing the firm’s marketing and client services programs, public relations efforts, business development efforts, competitive intelligence and market research, marketing planning and strategy development, and execution of client service and marketing programs.

Ms. Thomas holds a trademarked change management process, A⁷®, which she developed for instituting rapid large-scale change within organizations. She is trained in the use of the Predictive Index™ assessment tool.

Prior to rejoining Jones Walker, Ms. Thomas served as Chief Marketing Officer at Fowler White Boggs Banker, a Florida law firm. Ms. Thomas previously has served as Chief Client Relations and Marketing Officer at Powell Goldstein LLP; as Chief Operating Officer at two law firms in Ohio and one in Pennsylvania; and as Development Director for the international law firm of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey. Before entering the field of law firm management and marketing, Ms. Thomas served as president of a computer software company, as city manager to two municipalities in Pennsylvania, and in government positions in the state of New York.

Ms. Thomas speaks frequently on topics of marketing, technology, and change management, and has published several professional articles. She recently completed a chapter on the role of a CMO in law firms for Aspatore Books’ Inside the Minds series.

Ms. Thomas earned her Masters of Organizational Development, with honors, from Bowling Green State University. Additionally, she earned her Masters in Public Administration, with honors, and her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, from the University of Denver.

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre L.L.P. provides a comprehensive range of legal services to a national and international corporate client base through offices in Florida, Louisiana, Texas, and Washington, D.C.

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