• EDUCATION
  • B.A. - U.S. Coast Guard Academy
  • M.A. - George Washington University

Al Thompson

Principal

Al Thompson comes to Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti Inc. with ten years of national security, transportation and supply chain policy experience. Al joined the firm in November 2008 after working for the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) as Vice President, Global Supply Chain Policy. At RILA, Al worked with the nation’s largest retail companies on policy issues including transportation, environmental sustainability, logistics and security. He testified before Congress on consumer product safety, and worked with state and local governments.

Before working at RILA, Al worked for Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MA) on the House Homeland Security Committee as a senior professional staff member and subcommittee coordinator. While on the Committee, Al was the lead staffer for port and supply chain security, transportation security and nuclear terrorism. He played a significant role in the successful passage of the SAFE Port Act. Before coming to the committee, Al served five years in the U.S. Coast Guard. After the September 11th attacks, he served at the Coast Guard’s Intelligence Coordination Center where he wrote intelligence reports and prepared terrorism threat briefings in support of the largest port security operation since World War II. He is a recipient of the Coast Guard Achievement Medal and numerous other military and civilian awards.

Al lives in Adamstown, MD with his wife Becca and their three children.