LeRena Thomas

LeRena Thomas is an accomplished marketing and proposal strategist with 20 years of experience in the AEC industry. As Director of Capture and Marketing at McKissack & McKissack, she leads firmwide pursuit strategy, brand positioning, and marketing operations, helping secure complex, high-value opportunities. LeRena has contributed to major pursuit wins for architecture, engineering, and PMCM firms across the East Coast. Her expertise spans proposal team leadership, talent development, rebranding initiatives, process improvement, client research, business development support, and corporate communications. She brings extensive experience in pursuit strategy, opportunity identification, teaming, content development, design, and proposal production. Throughout her career, LeRena has mentored proposal professionals, strengthened pursuit practices, and elevated strategic storytelling across diverse markets. She holds a degree in Communications, a certificate in Graphic Design, and actively participates in the Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS) and the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP).