James D. Thornton, Managing Director and co-founder.

Jim’s career spans over 34 years working in large organizations as a general manager and at the senior management level.  During his 27 years with Sears, Roebuck and Company, his responsibilities increased from Retail Store Manager to Vice President, Automotive Group.  The automotive group was a $1.5 billion business, with over 850 automotive centers and 20,000 employees. After early retirement from Sears, Jim became Senior Executive Vice President at MBNA America Bank, N.A.  MBNA at the time was the world’s largest independent credit card company.  During his seven years with MBNA, Jim was responsible for several business lines; Specialty Insurance, Sports Marketing and staff functions (Recruitment, Quality Assurance and Director of Diversity).

Jim’s role with Thorwood is to assist in the development of strategy and to lend his vast experience as a general manager in the execution of business strategies.  In addition, Jim’s role is to position Thorwood as a growth developer in the Mid-Atlantic real estate market.  Jim has a BA in Economics from Talladega College.