Rebecca Thompson is a Clarity Coach for high achieving Black womxn and is Founder of the Live In Your Light Bootcamp, a transformative 3-month personal and professional executive coaching experience for high-achieving Black womxn who want the clarity and confidence to transform their lives from the inside out.
She has traveled the world training womxn, especially womxn of color and Black womxn, to run for elected office. Rebecca also works with numerous local, statewide, and national progressive organizations focusing on leadership development, electoral politics, and civic engagement.
Rebecca got her start in politics at just 14 years-old when she served as an intern for a womxn elected official in her hometown of Detroit. She has since served as a Vice President at Deliver Strategies, one of the leading progressive direct mail firms in the country and as the Run to Win Director for EMILY’s List, leading the largest candidate recruitment and training program in the organization’s history.
Rebecca is a graduate of the Women’s Campaign School at Yale, EMILY’S List, VoteRunLead and numerous other leadership programs. She has also been a national trainer for the Congressional Black Caucus Institute, ElectHer, New American Leaders, the Front Line Leaders Academy, and others.
Rebecca has appeared in the Washington Post, New York Times, Essence Magazine, and was recently named one of the American Association of Political Consultants’ Top 40 Under 40 award recipients.
She was inspired to create “Changing the Face of Power” – the first podcast in the country dedicated to inspiring black womxn to run for office – after losing her election for State Representative in Michigan by just 6 votes. She wants to teach Black womxn candidates everything she learned the hard way so they can run and win the first time.