Eddie Thompson of Thompson & Associates Answering Your Donors’ Biggest Questions

When:
March 5, 2025 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
2025-03-05T11:00:00-05:00
2025-03-05T13:00:00-05:00
Where:
Operation Stand Down
1125 12th Ave. South
Nashville
TN 37203
Cost:
$30 Member / $35 Non-Member
Contact:
Jessica Layman
615-804-8065

More info coming soon!

EDDIE THOMPSON, Ed.D., FCEP
FOUNDER AND CEO, THOMPSON & ASSOCIATES

Eddie founded the unique Thompson & Associates process in 1996. As CEO of Thompson & Associates, Eddie provides leadership and direction to around 30 seasoned charitable estate planners with an inspiring sense of generosity, integrity and passion for helping others.

By creating a unique values-based model at Thompson & Associates, Eddie and his team have established a way for people to dedicate the necessary time to consider important life decisions and to engage in thoughtful discussion that leads to optimal results for all.

He has planned thousands of estates, which has generated billions of dollars to charity during his thirty plus years working with nonprofits. Eddie speaks to organizations from coast to coast on successful fundraising techniques, nonprofit management and charitable estate planning and has garnered many honors during his distinguished career. He credits his parents with shaping his personal and professional path; they were very poor, but very generous.

Eddie serves as the Chair of the Charitable Estate Planning Institute, a 501(c)(3) public charity offering top level education on charitable estate planning for development staff, gift planning officers and professional advisors. Eddie and a group of Thompson & Associates colleagues formed the Institute in 2012. He is also a Fellow in Charitable Estate Planning (FCEP) awarded by the Institute.

A native of Florida, Eddie and his wife, Sheryl, have been married more than 50 years and have made Nashville their home. They have two sons, one daughter and four grandchildren. Eddie and his family are involved in many community organizations and their church. He was an active instrument pilot with both land and seaplane ratings but has since retired from flying preferring to enjoy life on his farm with the grandkids.

 

JOHNI HAYS, JD
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
THOMPSON & ASSOCIATES

With more than 30 years of experience as a practicing attorney in charitable and
estate planning, Johni Hays is a recognized leader with her expertise in charitable gift
planning. Johni is an Executive Vice President with Thompson & Associates. She served
as the president of the Charitable Estate Planning Institute and she is the author of the
book, Essentials of Annuities and co-author of two books, The Tools and Techniques of
Charitable Planning and Message From the Masters—our Best Donor Stories that Made
a Difference. Johni serves on the Smithsonian’s Professional Advisors Network in
Washington, DC.

In 2021, Johni was inducted into the National Association of Charitable Gift
Planners Hall of Fame and received their Distinguished Service Award in 2020. She also
served on its board of directors and has been a charter member of its Leadership Institute.
She served on the Editorial Advisory Board for the books Tax Facts on Investments and
Tax Facts on Insurance and Employee Benefits. She serves as a founding charitable
planning author of Steve Leimberg’s electronic newsletter service, LISI. Johni has been
quoted in the Wall Street Journal and has published charitable planning articles in Estate
Planning Magazine, Planned Giving Today, Fundraising Success, Life Insurance Selling
and the National Underwriter magazines.

Johni is in demand as a national lecturer on estate and charitable planning,
probate, living wills, annuities, life insurance, retirement planning and IRAs, as well as
income, estate and gift taxation. Johni has been engaged in the practice of law with an
emphasis in charitable and estate planning since 1993.

Prior to joining Thompson & Associates, Johni served as the Senior Gift Planning
Consultant for The Stelter Company. Prior to that as the Executive Director of the
Greater Des Moines Community Foundation Planned Giving Institute. In addition, Johni
practiced estate planning with Myers Krause and Stevens, Chartered law firm in Naples
Florida, where she specialized in estate planning.

Johni graduated cum laude with a Juris Doctor degree from Drake University in
Des Moines, Iowa, in 1993. She also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business
Administration from Drake University and graduated magna cum laude in 1988. Johni
has been a member of both the Iowa Bar and the Florida Bar since 1993. She resides in
Johnston, Iowa, with her husband, Dave Schlindwein.

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