Angie Thomas
Choice Hotels
Director of Internal Communications
Angie Thomas is the Director of Internal Communications at Choice Hotels, one of the world’s leading hotel companies. In this role, she transforms complex ideas into creative, simple statements that inform, connect and inspire Choice's associates.
Angie joined Choice 15 years ago as an intern and uses the experience and knowledge she’s gained from several different roles in multiple departments to enhance the company’s internal communications. Her efforts on the Voice of Choice intranet earned the top Employee Engagement effort in the “Collaboration” category for internal communications from Ragan’s 2017 Intranet Awards. She is passionate about fostering an employee-oriented, high-performance culture that emphasizes best practices, empowerment, quality results and the ongoing development of a superior workforce.
Angie earned her bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University, and her minor in Tourism studying abroad in Europe, graduating magna cum laude. She currently lives in Phoenix, AZ, and in her free time, enjoys scuba diving, traveling to new places—especially small towns on the coasts of Mexico—and recently took up saxophone lessons.