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rsday, March 11, 2021 - 1:00pm Protection Program, producing dozens of practical
guides used by millions of businesses, and creating
sectors of the U.S. economy. These efforts to invest the #SaveSmallBusiness grant program.
in the Chamber’s future proved prescient when
the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, enabling Clark’s commitment to free enterprise and
the organization to quickly pivot to new ways of understanding of the challenges facing America’s
working and successfully advocate for businesses in businesses stem from her experience creating and
the midst of the worst economic downturn since the running a growing company. Prior to rejoining
Great Depression. the U.S. Chamber in 2014, she acquired and led
a prominent financial information boutique—
Clark has also helped drive the national Potomac Research Group. Before that, Clark was
conversation on issues central to managing and president of the National Journal Group (NJG),
recovering from the pandemic through the U.S. a premier provider of information, news, and
Chamber Foundation’s Path Forward program. analysis for Washington’s political and policy
In interviews with dozens of thought leaders and communities. Through 2010, Clark led NJG
experts such as Dr. Anthony Fauci, former CDC through a period of rapid digital transformation,
Director Dr. Robert Redfield, Bill and Melinda resulting in record-level profits and multiple
Gates, Carlyle Group Founder David Rubenstein, journalism awards.
and former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams,
Path Forward has reached an audience of millions Earlier in her career, Clark served in multiple
of viewers with practical information, insightful leadership positions at the U.S. Chamber, including
guidance, and forward-looking strategies. chief operating officer, and as chief of staff at a
major transportation association.
In an era of divided government and partisan
gridlock, the U.S. Chamber has been a bold leader Clark serves on the boards of two public companies
in championing bipartisan solutions and building and several nonprofit organizations. At AGCO,
coalitions around the issues most important to the a Fortune 500 global leader in the design,
business community, including liability reform, manufacture, and distribution of agricultural
workforce development, corporate governance, equipment, she chairs the Compensation
business-led climate solutions, and programs and Committee and is a member of the Succession
policies to address inequality of opportunity. Committee. At TransUnion, a provider of global risk
and credit information, she serves on the Audit and
Clark spearheaded efforts to dramatically increase Cybersecurity committees.
support for small businesses through the creation
of CO—, the Chamber’s award-winning digital Additionally, Clark serves on the board of The
home for small business. When the pandemic hit, Economic Club of Washington, D.C., and So Others
the Chamber launched a massive mobilization Might Eat (SOME), which helps the poor and
to save America’s small businesses by proposing homeless in the nation’s capital. She was named
key policies included in the CARES Act, lobbying SOME’s Humanitarian of the Year in 2019. Other
for and securing replenishment of the Paycheck awards and recognition include Washingtonian
magazine’s Most Powerful Women in Washington
(2019), the National Association of Corporate
Directors Directorship 100 honorees (2020), the
Baldridge Foundation’s Award for Leadership
Excellence (2021), and Washingtonian magazine’s
inaugural Most Influential List (2021).
Carrying her passion for business and
entrepreneurship into the classroom, Clark is a 2021
Spring Fellow at American University’s Sine Institute
of Policy & Politics, where she leads a lecture series
on the role of private sector job creation.
Clark earned a B.A., magna cum laude, and an
M.B.A. from Georgetown University. She lives in
Virginia with her husband and their daughter.
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guides used by millions of businesses, and creating
sectors of the U.S. economy. These efforts to invest the #SaveSmallBusiness grant program.
in the Chamber’s future proved prescient when
the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, enabling Clark’s commitment to free enterprise and
the organization to quickly pivot to new ways of understanding of the challenges facing America’s
working and successfully advocate for businesses in businesses stem from her experience creating and
the midst of the worst economic downturn since the running a growing company. Prior to rejoining
Great Depression. the U.S. Chamber in 2014, she acquired and led
a prominent financial information boutique—
Clark has also helped drive the national Potomac Research Group. Before that, Clark was
conversation on issues central to managing and president of the National Journal Group (NJG),
recovering from the pandemic through the U.S. a premier provider of information, news, and
Chamber Foundation’s Path Forward program. analysis for Washington’s political and policy
In interviews with dozens of thought leaders and communities. Through 2010, Clark led NJG
experts such as Dr. Anthony Fauci, former CDC through a period of rapid digital transformation,
Director Dr. Robert Redfield, Bill and Melinda resulting in record-level profits and multiple
Gates, Carlyle Group Founder David Rubenstein, journalism awards.
and former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams,
Path Forward has reached an audience of millions Earlier in her career, Clark served in multiple
of viewers with practical information, insightful leadership positions at the U.S. Chamber, including
guidance, and forward-looking strategies. chief operating officer, and as chief of staff at a
major transportation association.
In an era of divided government and partisan
gridlock, the U.S. Chamber has been a bold leader Clark serves on the boards of two public companies
in championing bipartisan solutions and building and several nonprofit organizations. At AGCO,
coalitions around the issues most important to the a Fortune 500 global leader in the design,
business community, including liability reform, manufacture, and distribution of agricultural
workforce development, corporate governance, equipment, she chairs the Compensation
business-led climate solutions, and programs and Committee and is a member of the Succession
policies to address inequality of opportunity. Committee. At TransUnion, a provider of global risk
and credit information, she serves on the Audit and
Clark spearheaded efforts to dramatically increase Cybersecurity committees.
support for small businesses through the creation
of CO—, the Chamber’s award-winning digital Additionally, Clark serves on the board of The
home for small business. When the pandemic hit, Economic Club of Washington, D.C., and So Others
the Chamber launched a massive mobilization Might Eat (SOME), which helps the poor and
to save America’s small businesses by proposing homeless in the nation’s capital. She was named
key policies included in the CARES Act, lobbying SOME’s Humanitarian of the Year in 2019. Other
for and securing replenishment of the Paycheck awards and recognition include Washingtonian
magazine’s Most Powerful Women in Washington
(2019), the National Association of Corporate
Directors Directorship 100 honorees (2020), the
Baldridge Foundation’s Award for Leadership
Excellence (2021), and Washingtonian magazine’s
inaugural Most Influential List (2021).
Carrying her passion for business and
entrepreneurship into the classroom, Clark is a 2021
Spring Fellow at American University’s Sine Institute
of Policy & Politics, where she leads a lecture series
on the role of private sector job creation.
Clark earned a B.A., magna cum laude, and an
M.B.A. from Georgetown University. She lives in
Virginia with her husband and their daughter.
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