For Ventrell Thompson, leadership is rooted in family, shaped by experience and measured by impact.
By Angel Townsend-Burt, Arkansas Black Vitality
Aug. 16, 2026 — Ventrell Thompson can sit in executive meetings, help make decisions affecting hundreds of thousands of customers and appear on television explaining the complexities of the energy business.
But none of that carries much weight with his 84-year-old grandmother when her electric bill goes up $5…