Angela Thompkins is Vice President of External Affairs and Media Relations and Chief Diversity Officer of CMS Energy and its primary subsidiary, Consumers Energy.
In this role, Thompkins partners with Consumers Energy’s leaders to embed diversity, equity, and inclusion within its corporate culture. She also advises the company’s employee resource groups.
Thompkins also leads Consumers Energy’s corporate giving, media relations, and community affairs functions.
Thompkins’ previous Consumers Energy roles include Executive Director of Strategic Talent Sourcing and Senior Human Resources Consultant. She provided statewide human resources consulting services to the company’s natural gas distribution, storage, and compression teams.
Thompkins joined Consumers Energy in 2013 after holding previous leadership positions in the food distribution, nonprofit legal services, and automotive industries. She began her career as a prosecutor for the City of Detroit.
Thompkins serves on the boards of directors of the American Association of Blacks in Energy (AABE) and The Unity Collaborative. She also serves on the United Way of Southeast Michigan’s Community Impact and Equity Committee.
Thompkins was most recently recognized as a 2022 Tough Enough to be a Girl Scout honoree, a 2021 Top Diversity Officer by the Energy Inclusion Conference, a 2021 Corp! Magazine Salute to Diversity Business Leaders award recipient, and a 2020 Michigan Chronicle Women of Excellence honoree.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Eastern Michigan University, a juris doctorate from Thomas M. Cooley Law School, and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in labor and employment law from Wayne State University Law School.