Thomas Michael “Thom” Brodeur is the chairman, president and chief executive officer of Miss USA and Miss Teen USA. Miss USA is the national beauty pageant that selects the Miss Universe candidate of the United States.
BIOGRAPHY
Brodeur is an American businessman, brand builder and philanthropist based in Kennewick, Washington, USA. He is the founder of Queen Beauty, a beauty brand marketing company that owns the Reina Belleza Universo beauty pageant.
Originally from Cortland, Ohio, USA, Brodeur is an alumnus of Lakeview High School in Cortland, Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio and the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. He is a former resident of Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona.
On October 7, 2025, Brodeur turned 56. Here are 13 more things about him:
- He graduated from Lakeview High School in 1988, pursued a bachelor’s degree in political science at Youngstown State University from 1989 to 1993, he attended Youngstown State University and studied branding for global managers in 2003 and finance for global managers in 2007 at the Thunderbird School of Global Management.
- From 1993 to 1995, he was the marketing and development manager of Paramount Television in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- From 1995 to 1998, he was the worldwide product marketing director at CA Technologies in Phoenix.
- From 1998 to 2000, he was the trainAbility strategy and marketing vice president.
- From 2000 to 2006, he was the Jomax Technologies head of marketing.
- In 2006, he founded the strategic marketing, communications and public relations firm Corpcom Strategies and served as the vice president of Omnicom Group.
- He was a senior vice president in Marketwire‘s global strategy and development department from 2006 to 2009 and the chief operating officer of Help a Reporter Out (HARO) from 2009 to 2010.
- He worked at EmpowHER Media in Scottsdale as the executive vice president and chief marketing officer from 2010 to 2011 and the president and COO in 2012.
- He was a member of the board of directors of one•n•ten, a nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to serving and assisting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth, from 2012 to 2017, the Venture Management executive vice president in Scottsdale from 2012 to 2014 and the Digital Air Strike COO in Scottsdale from 2014 to 2016.
- He was the CEO of Yandy in Phoenix from 2016 to 2017, SkyWellness in Scottsdale from 2019 to 2023 and N2 Packaging Systems in Twin Falls, Idaho, USA from 2021 to 2023.
- In 2017, he founded Brodeur Kazanjian Beauty and Fashion, which was later rebranded as Brodeur Beauty then Queen Beauty.
- In 2018, he became a shareholder at Queen Beauty Network in New York, USA, which was bought by Brodeur Beauty in 2019.
- In 2025, he joined Miss USA and Miss Teen USA as the chairman, president and CEO.
TIMELINE
Brodeur is the founder of the Pageant Fans application. His company Queen Beauty operates a pageant coaching, talent management, publicity and marketing company called Brodeur Beauties.
2000s
- In March 2009, he joined HARO.
2010s
- In April 2010, he left HARO.
- In May 2010, he became the EmpowHER Media executive vice president and CMO.
- From January 2012 to May 2012, he was the EmpowHER Media president and COO.
- In June 2012, he joined Tallwave in Scottsdale.
- In April 2014, he left Tallwave.
- In December 2016, he joined Yandy.
- In October 2017, he left Yandy and founded Brodeur Beauty.
- In January 2018, he joined Queen Beauty Network in New York.
- In August 2019, he joined Sky Wellness in Scottsdale.
2020s
- In July 2021, he joined N2 Packaging Systems in Twin Falls.
- In January 2022, he moved to Kennewick.
- In January 2023, he left N2 Packaging Systems.
- In December 2023, he left Sky Wellness.
- In September 2025, he became the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA chairman, president and CEO.
- On October 24, 2025, the Miss USA coronation ceremony was held under his leadership for the first time.

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