Vivian E. Thomson has been an American environmental policy academic, a public official, and a podcast producer.

[1] Thomson was a senior air pollution analyst and manager at the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

She co-founded and directed the interdisciplinary Environmental Thought and Practice B.A.

[2] Appointed by Virginia governor Mark Warner in 2002, Thomson served as Vice Chair and member of the State Air Pollution Control Board, a seven-member regulatory body that makes air pollution policy and approves regulations for Virginia.

[4] In 2018, Thomson's book, Climate of Capitulation, won a PROSE Award in the politics and government category.