Kathryn Thompson

Kathryn Thompson

Although expert in virtually every aspect of mortgage lending and real estate investment and development, her expertise is strongest in the development of military housing and master planned communities, proposal writing and multifamily housing, both developing and lending.

As managing director of American Eagle, Kathryn Thompson led the effort to develop six military housing projects comprising approximately 9,000 military housing units. She was responsible for financing the projects, completing more than $800 million of rated private placement taxable bonds to finance construction of 9,000 military units in less than eight months.

Although Kathryn Thompson developed and built more than 25,000 homes, her construction and development experience was in no way limited to residential properties. She has also built more than 4,000,000 square feet of commercial office, banking and retail space.

An entrepreneur with an impressive track record in the industry, Kathryn Thompson founded a development company in 1967. Building and expanding the company, it grew to be the tenth largest home builder in California at the time she sold the company in 1994.

Kathryn Thompson became a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) of the National Institute of Realtors in 1970. She was elected to the Young Presidents’ organization in 1984.

Her high standards of business management, ethics and productivity fueled her national reputation for entrepreneurship and in 1989, for the second year in a row, Kathryn Thompson was listed as one of America’s Top 60 Business Owners and Professional Builder Magazine listed the home building company she owned as the fastest growing home builder in America in their annual survey of the Giant 400 Builders in the country.  Also in 1989, Kathryn was recognized as one of the top 100 executive officers of America’s fastest growing mid-sized companies by the Washington DC based American Business Conference.

A recognized leader in the industry and the community, Kathryn Thompson has received numerous industry and civic awards including being inducted into the California builders Hall of Fame in 1991. Ms. Thompson also boasts a resume featuring a presidential appointment. In 1994 Kathryn Thompson was appointed to the Fannie Mae Board of Directors. She is also the recipient of the Sumigarden Award for lifetime achievements in the real estate industry and the community from the University of California, Irvine, real estate conference.

Kathryn Thompson has served on the Board of Directors of numerous real estate organizations and is a sustaining member of the Building Industry Association as well as a member of the Building Industry Association’s President’s Council. Ms. Thompson has addressed the Pacific Coast Builders Conference, the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and the University of Southern California’s Lusk Center for Real Estate, of which she is also a founding member.

Not surprisingly, Kathryn Thompson  has been selected for listing in both Who’s Who in American Women and Who’s Who in Women of the World. Kathryn is an avid reader, skier and loves to cook and entertain, especially for her family and grandchildren.

Education and Licenses

• Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
• Graduated with B.A. in Business Administration
• California General Contractor’s License (B-l)
• California and Oklahoma Real Estate Brokers License
• Certified Commercial Investment Broker (CCIM)
• Certified Construction Project Manager (CPM)
• Certified Construction Inspector (CCI)

Honors and Awards

• Recipient of the UCI Real Estate Conference Sumigarden Award for Lifetime Achievements in the real estate industry and the community – 1996
• Presidential appointment to serve as a member of the Fannie Mae Board of Directors – 1994
• Chosen by Campaign & Elections Magazine as one of the 74 “Women Who Are Changing American Politics” – 1993
• Guest Speaker at President Clinton’ s Economic Summit in Little Rock, Arkansas to discuss housing – 1992
• Recipient of the Building Industry Association of Southern California Medal of Honor – 1991
• Inducted into the California Building Industry Hall of Fame – 1991 Click For California Building Industry Article
• Appointed to the State Board of California Board of Governor’s by Governor Pete Wilson – 1991
• Appointed by President Bush to the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The first time a residential builder was appointed to this committee.

Commercial Construction Projects

• Design/build for National Convenience and Southland Corporation (over 150 stores built; most of the construction in the east and southeast)
• Design/built for Tandy Corporation (40 Color Tile Stores)
• Design/build numerous commercial offices, banks and others
• Design/build three buildings comprising of over 200,000 square feet

Residential Construction Projects

• Built and marketed 300 live/work fourplexes
• Bought, refurbished and sold apartment complexes totaling more than 2,500 units
• Condominium conversions –one of California’s earliest and largest with a total of 3,000 units with major renovations
• New condominium development, construction and marketing of 1,000 units
• New single-family home development, construction and marketing of 3,536 units in Aliso, California
• Master-developer of residential property of 3,100 units
• Built, in total, more than 12,000 homes in the past 30 years

Public Sector Construction Projects

• Design/build two miles of El Toro Road, Orange County, California
• Design/build Orangewood Children’ s Home, Orange County , California
• Design/build Abatement District Building, City of Monrovia
• Appointed to state committee to advise on cost savings for design/build of prisons and public facilities
• Appointed by Secretary of Interior in 1998 to advise on construction costs of National Park facilities