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'''Sandra Smith Thompson''', sometimes known as '''Sandy Thompson''' (born October 4, 1946), is a former [[Louisiana]] state administrator and conservationist who retired in 2007 from the directorship of the Atchafalaya River Basin Program.
'''Sandra Smith Thompson''', sometimes known as '''Sandy Thompson''' (born October 4, 1946), is a former [[Louisiana]] state administrator and conservationist who retired in 2007 from the directorship of the Atchafalaya River Basin Program.
==Biography==
==Biography==
Thompson was reared on a farm near [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] in Ouachita Parish in northeast Louisiana. She graduated in 1964 from Neville High School in Monroe and received her [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in [[government]] from Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond. She procured a [[Master of Business Administration]] degree from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111144243/http://www.parlouisiana.org/s3web/1002087/docs/Constitutional%20Amendment%20Archive/CA1979_Sept.pdf|title=Sandra S. Thompson|page=14|publisher=Parlouisiana.org|accessdate=April 20, 2019}}</ref>
Thompson was reared on a farm near [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] in Ouachita Parish in northeast Louisiana. She graduated in 1964 from Neville High School in Monroe and received her [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in [[government]] from Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond. She procured a [[Master of Business Administration]] degree from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111144243/http://www.parlouisiana.org/s3web/1002087/docs/Constitutional%20Amendment%20Archive/CA1979_Sept.pdf|title=Sandra S. Thompson|page=14|publisher=Parlouisiana.org|accessdate=April 20, 2019}}</ref>
Her career in state government began in the 1970s when she worked in the office of then Secretary of State Wade Ober Martin, Jr. She was named director of the Atchafalaya Basin Division of the Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism. The lieutenant governor now heads Culture, Recreation, and Tourism.
Her career in state government began in the 1970s when she worked in the office of then Secretary of State Wade Ober Martin, Jr. She was named director of the Atchafalaya Basin Division of the Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism. The lieutenant governor now heads the Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism.
The Atchafalaya project, which encompassing a million acres, is the largest bottomland swamp in [[North America]]. She left the project in 1979 to run unsuccessfully as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] for secretary of state. The position became open when incumbent Paul Jude Hardy, then of St. Martinville, who had succeeded Martin in 1976, ran unsuccessfully for [[governor]]. Hardy was elected lieutenant governor in 1988..
The Atchafalaya project, which encompassing a million acres, is the largest bottomland swamp in [[North America]]. She left the project in 1979 to run unsuccessfully as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] for secretary of state. The position became open when incumbent Paul Jude Hardy, then of St. Martinville, who had succeeded Martin in 1976, ran unsuccessfully for [[governor]]. Hardy was elected lieutenant governor in 1988..