Antoine Thompson

Antoine M. Thompson is a nationally recognized leader and housing, diversity, and urban policy expert. He is the CEO & Executive Director of Greater Washington Region Clean Cities Coalition, a public-private partnership of the Washington, DC Metro Area promoting the use of clean, American transportation fuels for homeland security, improved air quality, equity, and environmental justice. Antoine is the former Executive Director of the National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB), the oldest organization of African-American real estate professionals in the United States. He is a partner with Creative PMO Solutions, a consulting firm focusing on diversity, inclusion, workforce development,
project management, and public affairs. He is also a licensed real estate agent with MMB Realty Group. Antoine is a staunch champion of minority and women businesses, fair housing, and community re-investment by local and national financial institutions.

He has had a significant public service career in his hometown of Buffalo, New York. His positions have included election to Buffalo Common Council, where he authored Buffalo’s Fair Housing Law and the Minority and Women Business Enterprise Inclusion Law and secured over $75 million for community development projects. He was elected to the New York State Senate in 2006 and 2008 and served as the Senate Deputy Majority Whip and the first African-American Chair of the New York State Senate Standing Committee on Environmental Conservation and Co-Chair of the Senate Minority and Woman Business Enterprise Task Force. He authored the NYS MWBE Mentor/Protégé Law. In 2021, Antoine was ranked on the Swanepoel Power 200 list ranking of the most influential and powerful leaders and executives in the residential real estate brokerage industry.