Background
Thompson, Vetta Lynn Sanders was born on September 7, 1959 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Daughter of Grover and Vera Lee (King) S.
Thompson, Vetta Lynn Sanders was born on September 7, 1959 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Daughter of Grover and Vera Lee (King) S.
Bachelor, Harvard University, 1981. Master of Arts, Duke University, 1984. Doctor of Philosophy, Duke University, 1988.
Psychology intern, Malcolm Bliss Mental Health Center, St. Louis, 1985-1986;
psychotherapist, testing coordinator, Washington University Child Guidance Clinic, St. Louis, 1986-1987;
psychologist, treatment team coordinator, Hawthorn Children's Psychiatric Hospital, St. Louis, 1987-1989;
assistant professor, U. Missouri, St. Louis, 1989-1995;
associate professor, coordinator black studies, U. Missouri, St. Louis, since 1995. Teaching assistant Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1982-1984, research assistant, 1984-1985. Chair monitoring committee crisis access system Eastern Regional Advisory Council Department Mental Health, St. Louis, 1995-1997.
Chair African American Task Force on Mental Health, Jefferson City, Missoury, 1995-1997. Chair budget and planning committee Eastern Regional Advisory Council, Department Mental Health, St. Louis, 1996-1997,president Eastern Regional Advisory Council, since 1997. Member children's mental health planning group St. Louis Mental Health Board, 1996-1997.
Member advisory committee on violence prevention and investment in youth Missouri House, Jefferson City, 1995. Member managed care steering committee Department Mental Health, 1995—1996, member strategic planning advisory council, 1997. Member Missouri Board for Respiratory Care, 1997.
Member state committee for psychologists Missouri, since 1997. Chair, 2000—2002; secretary, chair discipline committee, 1999—2000. Board directors St. Louis Mental Health Association, secretary, 2000—2002, chair planning committee, 2002, Second vice president, 2002, president, 2003.
Member American Psychological Association (divisions 1, 45), Association Black Psychologists, American Orthopsychiat. Association.
Married Cavelli Andre Thompson, May 27, 1990. Children: Olajuwon, Malik Rashad, Kimberlyn, Assata Iyana.
