About Us

The Sarasota, Fla.-based Thomson Group offers a full buffet of public relations and communications services, which can be found at thomsonpr.com/services/.

Rod Thomson is a former award-winning daily newspaper reporter and editor with 25 years of experience working for publications in Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa and Florida. He has been published in national publications such as the New York Times, Newsmax Magazine, People Magazine, Picture Week, National Review, Focus on the Family and many others.

Rod also ran a clean-water well-drilling ministry to Haiti through Sarasota-based Hand to the Plow Ministries, where he served on the Board of Directors. He has two books published. “Living Water: Hudson Taylor and the Call of Inland China,” was published Christian Literature Crusade published in 2001. The publisher has since issued a second printing of the book. “Living Threads: The unbroken connections of God’s people through the ages” was published in 2012 and also is available on Amazon.

He has run The Thomson Group communications and public relations company since 2012, building it to a full slate of clients in the political, business and non-profit communities.

Rod has been married to Kim Thomson for 42 years. They have eight children and six grandchildren.