Maureen Thompson, founder of The Hastings Group, has been appointed vice president of public policy for the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc., the CFP Board announced Tuesday.
In that role, Thompson will take an advocacy position before Congress, the Trump Administration, state legislatures and other state government offices. She starts her new job on Jan. 2.
“Maureen Thompson is known around Washington, D.C., and nationally as a champion for consumers and investors,” says Kevin Keller, CFP Board CEO. “With more than 30 years of experience, Maureen is an accomplished government relations professional who knows how to build coalitions and passionately advocate for policies that are in the public interest. We look forward to having her on our team to advance CFP Board’s mission to benefit the public.”
Before coming to CFP Board, Thompson was a senior principal in The Hastings Group, an Arlington, Va.-based consulting firm where she built a government relations and coalition building practice. At Hastings, Thompson was involved with public policy issues including the Dodd-Frank Act and bankruptcy reform. Recently, Thompson led and managed the Save Our Retirement coalition made up of 75 organizations to support the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule.