2026 SESSION
INTRODUCED
26109639D
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 434
Offered March 12, 2026
Commending Warren M. Thompson.
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Patrons—Keys-Gamarra, Cole, N.T., Martinez, McPike, Rasoul, Schmidt and Ward
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WHEREAS, Warren M. Thompson, president and chief executive officer of Thompson Hospitality, has embodied the entrepreneurial spirit of the Commonwealth over a long and distinguished career in the hospitality and restaurant management industries; and
WHEREAS, Warren Thompson showed gifts as an entrepreneur from a young age, purchasing his father's hog business at the age of 16 and using the business's proceeds to finance his bachelor's degree in managerial economics from Hampden-Sydney College and his master's degree from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia; and
WHEREAS, starting as an intern at Marriott International, Warren Thompson quickly rose through the ranks to serve as vice president of the company's airport division; and