Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Sandra Smith "Sandy" Thompson (born October 4, 1946) is a veteran Louisiana politician and state administrator, who retired on August 3, 2007, from the directorship of the Atchafalaya Basin Program. She thereafter joined the successful gubernatorial campaign of Republican Bobby Jindal, then a U.S. representative from suburban New Orleans. Thompson grew up on a farm near Monroe in northeast Louisiana. She received her bachelor of arts degree in government from Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond. She procured a master of science in business administration from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Her career in state government began in the 1970s when she worked in the office of then Secretary of State Wade O. Martin, Jr. She was appointed director of the Atchafalaya Basin Division of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism. The lieutenant governornow heads Culture, Recreation, and Tourism.