Residential address: Spyglass Drive (map)
Incumbent or challenger? Incumbent
Age: 49
Campaign website or blog: vote4danny.com (link)
Endorsement: Conservatives for Guilford County and Joe Guarino
Occupation and employer: Owner and operator, Comfort Keeper
Previous elective
experience (including election campaigns): Greensboro City Council, 2009-present
Civic and volunteer
experience (including service on city commissions and boards): Past president, Triad Retirement Living Association;
board member, Summit Rotary Club; former member, Guilford County Commission on
Aging; 1992 graduate of Leadership Greensboro; loaned executive for United Way;
ambassador for Greensboro Chamber of Commerce; Sunday school teacher, Friendly
Hills Church (past); city council liaison to Greensboro Chamber of Commerce Operating
Group Board of Directors; city council liaison to Greensboro Sports Commission
Education (highest degree
attained and name of institution): Bachelors
degree with major in psychology, Asbury College; nationally certified geriatric
care manager
Party registration: Republican (nonpartisan contest)
Where were you born? Greensboro
Paid consultants working
on your campaign: None (as of July
12)
Campaign manager: Undetermined (as of July 12)
Treasurer: Theresa Yon
Articles about this candidate:
• 2011 general election voter guide (link)
• Taxes and spending: Where Greensboro City Council candidates stand (link)
• Danny Thompson's specious landfill numbers (link)
• Mayoral challenger Perkins swamps incumbent Knight (link)
• 2011 primary election endorsement & voter guide (link)
• Wade, Knight make no apologies for landfill decision (link)
• Candidates take message to east Greensboro voters (link)
• At-large candidates in Greensboro municipal election struggle to differentiate themselves (link)
• Candidate profile: Danny Thompson (link)
• Vendor selection in landfill decision questioned (link)
• Discussions about regional solid waste option begin (links)
