Meet Austin

Austin Thompson
City Council, Post 3
City of Lawrenceville

Austin Thompson emigrated from the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, South America, in 1977. He resided in Brooklyn, N.Y. from 1977 until 1992, when he relocated to Georgia. After residing in several cities around the metro Atlanta area, he became a resident of Lawrenceville in 2012.

In 2014, Austin was appointed to the Architectural Review Board by then Mayor, Judy Jordan Johnson. Also, he served one year as board member on the Lawrenceville Neighborhood Alliance. Austin resigned from both board positions in January 2021 to embark on his second campaign for a City Council Seat. He was also appointed to serve on the Lawrenceville 2040 Steering Committee.

Austin has over 30 years of combined community service leadership and youth mentoring with several organizations, such as Community Action Network Initiatives (CANI), the Guyana Association of Georgia (GAOG), Caribbean Association of Georgia (CAG), and the Latin America Association (LAA). He is currently an Advisory Board Member with Discovery High School, mentoring students in the Business and Entrepreneurship Academy.

Austin has over 25 years as an EMC/EMI Electronic Engineer, specializing in the Regulatory Compliance industry. In addition to working in an engineering function, he is responsible for senior project management and business development tasks. Austin is also a small business consultant, author and writer, speaker, and past adjunct professor of undergraduate business at Shorter University.

He holds an Associate of Applied Science in Electronic Engineering Technology and a Bachelor of Applied Science in Telecommunications Management from DeVry University. From Keller Graduate School of Management, Austin obtained his MBA in Management and Master of Project Management with honors.