Ms. Alice G. Thompson

3rd Vice President
CEO, BFDI Educational Services, Inc.

Alice serves as the CEO of BFDI Educational Services, Inc. She also serves as the President of BFDI Training Institute Board of Directors. For 26 years, Alice served as the CEO of Black Family Development, Inc, from which she retired on June 30, 2020. During this time, she established two (2) subsidiaries focused on education, improving academic results, building relationships, and repairing harm. The two subsidiaries established were BFDI Educational Services, Inc. and BFDI Training Institute. BFDI Educational Services, Inc. is now a 501c3, and the BFDI Training Institute is an L3C. 

Alice is a graduate of Leadership Detroit Class of XXV, and in 2010, she completed the Harvard Business School Strategic Perspective in Nonprofit Management. 

Alice served for 10 years as an Adjunct Professor in the Wayne State University School of Social Work; and now serves as Chair of the Wayne State University School of Social Work Board of Visitors. She serves on many Boards, and is Third Vice President of Detroit Branch NAACP; Vice President of Detroit Future City; Vice President of Authority Health; Board Secretary and Program Chair of Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation; Chair of The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Advisory Board; Chair of Great Start Collaborative-Wayne; Chair of Mayors’ Task Force for the Well-Being of Children and Families; and, Chair of the NABSW Endowment. She serves on Boards which have a focus on education, workforce development, health, diversity, equity and inclusion; racism; racial, social and economic justice; and other quality of life issues, including the revitalization of neighborhoods in the City of Detroit.