Ali Thomas

First and foremost, Ali LOVES people! She loves meeting people. She loves talking with people. She loves learning from people. She loves to hear about backgrounds, dreams, wants, needs and everything in between. She loves to help people get what they want. She loves to help people find help that they need. She loves to raise money for organizations that help their community better their community. After a 17-year career in banking and lending, she came to Beverly-Hanks in 2013 with a strong business acumen and tireless work ethic. In her first 5 years she sold almost $24 million in real estate in Henderson and Buncombe counties.

Ali was born and raised in Asheville where she attended Asheville Country Day School/Carolina Day School and graduated from Asheville High School. She worked at the Biltmore Saddle & Bridle Club while in high school and college, where she kept her thoroughbred, Freddie. She grew up riding and teaching riding lessons at summer camps. She also grew up swimming, playing field hockey, tennis, golf, soccer, softball, basketball, and every other sport she could find people to play! She graduated from Lynchburg College in Virginia with a degree in Business Administration and a Marketing focus and played Varsity Field Hockey while in school. She was lucky enough to travel all over the east coast and Midwest playing field hockey with her college team as well as with a club team. She even got to play field hockey in the Netherlands when she was young, and they would travel there in the summers. She always knew that she would one day return home to the mountains that she has loved her whole life. She has now lived in Hendersonville since 2003. She knows both Buncombe County and Henderson County intimately after spending almost her entire life here.

She has 2 amazing young adopted children and 2 dogs, a cat, a bird and a fish. She is a member of St. James Episcopal Church in Hendersonville. She is a member and sits on several committees at the Hendersonville Country Club and she volunteers at The Mountain Community School, the charter school in Hendersonville that 1 of her children attends. She is on an advisory board for the Crossnore School and Children's Home working on bringing very desperately needed services to Henderson County for their children and families. She really loves giving back to their community in different ways. She believes they all have talents that can be used to benefit their community and people less fortunate than they are. If they all work together and share their time and talents, they will build a stronger community for those who come after them.

Ali loves to travel as a family and spend time together discovering new places and things to do. They have been as far as Alaska and Costa Rica with their children. She also loves getting out in their mountains and taking the kids to explore waterfalls and a vast number of trails in Western North Carolina. She also enjoys playing tennis and golf, walking, hiking, horseback riding, reading, listening to live music, and spending time with family and friends.