About Us: Core Team

Susan S. Clark, Executive Director, has over twenty years of experience in social marketing and consumer marketing, as well as pioneering work in the "dynamics of participation." Additionally, Susan is a nationally recognized expert in community participation practices and presents frequently on topics of community engagement and increasing participation of lesser heard voices.

Susan’s marketing and communications experience includes serving as Vice President of Planning and New Products at Del Monte Foods, Director of Marketing at the California State Lottery and as a Brand Manager at Procter & Gamble. Her expertise in community engagement, policy and media advocacy has been developed as lead consultant on the Civic Engagement Project for Children and Families, director of the Center for Civic Literacy, as an Associate of the Kettering Foundation and as director of the annual Public Policy Institute at U.C. Davis.

Back to Core Team