Suzanne P. Clark
{{Short description|American business executive}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Suzanne Clark
|image = Suzanne P. Clark.jpg
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|education = Georgetown University (BA, MBA)
|occupation = Business executive
|title = President and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
| predecessor = Thomas J. Donohue
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| term = 2019–present (as President)
2021–present (as CEO)
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Suzanne P. Clark is an American business executive. Since March 2021, she has been the president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the first woman to hold that office.{{Cite news |last=Mullins |first=Brody |date=2021-02-06 |title=U.S. Chamber's Thomas Donohue to Step Down in Favor of Suzanne Clark |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-chamber-of-commerce-ceo-thomas-donohue-to-step-down-11612566411 |access-date=2021-02-08 |work=Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |issn=0099-9660}}{{Cite news |last=Angell |first=Melissa |date=2024-12-24 |title=Suzanne Clark Made History as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's First Female CEO. Can She Also Save Its Entrepreneurial Soul? |url=https://www.inc.com/melissa-angell/suzanne-clark-made-history-as-the-u-s-chamber-of-commerces-first-female-ceo-can-she-also-save-its-entrepreneurial-soul/90992774 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250216013507/https://www.inc.com/melissa-angell/suzanne-clark-made-history-as-the-u-s-chamber-of-commerces-first-female-ceo-can-she-also-save-its-entrepreneurial-soul/90992774 |archive-date=2025-02-16 |access-date=2025-03-04 |work=Inc |language=en-US}}
Clark was previously the chief operating officer and senior executive vice president at the Chamber.{{Cite web|title=Suzanne P Clark, Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America: Profile and Biography|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/19995975|access-date=2021-02-08|website=Bloomberg.com|language=en}} She became president in 2019 when Thomas J. Donohue resigned (but remained as CEO).{{cite web|url=https://www.wrbl.com/news/national/tom-donohue-former-longtime-chamber-of-commerce-ceo-dies/|title=Tom Donohue, former longtime Chamber of Commerce CEO, dies|publisher=WRBL|accessdate=October 14, 2024|date=October 14, 2024}} Prior to the Chamber, she was president of National Journal Group (now Atlantic Media), and founded the Potomac Research Group.
Clark sits on the corporate boards of TransUnion and AGCO, and the board of The Economic Club of Washington, D.C.{{Cite web|title=AGCO makes new board appointment {{!}} World-grain.com {{!}} May 01, 2017 13:39|url=https://www.world-grain.com/articles/8065-agco-makes-new-board-appointment|access-date=2021-02-08|website=www.world-grain.com}}{{Cite web|title=Board of Directors {{!}} The Economic Club of Washington D.C.|url=https://www.economicclub.org/board-directors|access-date=2021-02-08|website=www.economicclub.org}}{{Cite press release|last=TransUnion|date=2017-06-12|title=TransUnion Appoints Suzanne P. Clark and Thomas L. Monahan to its Board of Directors|url=http://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/06/12/1017685/0/en/TransUnion-Appoints-Suzanne-P-Clark-and-Thomas-L-Monahan-to-its-Board-of-Directors.html|access-date=2021-02-08|website=GlobeNewswire News Room}}
Education
Clark earned her undergraduate and Masters of Business Administration degrees from Georgetown University.{{Cite web|date=2015-05-20|title=Suzanne Clark|url=https://www.uschamber.com/suzanne-clark|access-date=2021-02-08|website=U.S. Chamber of Commerce|language=en}}
Career
From 2007 to 2010, Clark was president of the National Journal Group, an arm of the Atlantic Media Company.{{Cite web|last=Gangitano|first=Alex|date=2019-06-05|title=Chamber of Commerce top aide takes over as president|url=https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/447158-chamber-of-commerce-top-aide-takes-over-as-president|access-date=2021-02-08|website=TheHill|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Atlantic's Bradley: I will 'devote my time to media alone' - - POLITICO.com|url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/0110/Atlantics_Bradley_I_will_devote_my_time_to_media_alone.html|access-date=2021-02-08|website=www.politico.com}}{{Cite web|title=Printable|url=https://adage.com/node/1280321/printable/print|access-date=2021-02-08|website=adage.com}}
In 2012, she acquired the Potomac Research Group before returning to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in 2014.{{Cite news|title=The Issues With SPACs|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/business/dealbook/spacs-blank-check-deals.html|access-date=2021-04-02|work=The New York Times|date=10 February 2021 |last1=Sorkin |first1=Andrew Ross |last2=Karaian |first2=Jason |last3=Hirsch |first3=Lauren |last4=Livni |first4=Ephrat }}
Clark was appointed to the boards of AGCO and Transunion in 2017. In 2020, The National Association of Corporate Directors named Clark an honoree of its Directorship 100, an annual list of the leading corporate directors.{{Cite web|title=TransUnion Director Suzanne Clark Named 2020 NACD Directorship 100 Honoree|url=https://newsroom.transunion.com/transunion-director-suzanne-clark-named-2020-nacd-directorship-100-honoree/|access-date=2021-02-08|website=TransUnion Director Suzanne Clark Named 2020 NACD Directorship 100 Honoree|language=en-us}}
Clark serves as a board member of The Economic Club of Washington, D.C. and the So Others Might Eat foundation.{{Cite web|title=Leadership :: So Others Might Eat|url=https://www.some.org/about/mission/leadership|access-date=2021-02-08|website=www.some.org}} She is also the former president of the International Women's Forum's Washington chapter.{{Cite web|date=2017-04-27|title=AGCO Appoints Suzanne Clark to Board of Directors|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170427006383/en/AGCO-Appoints-Suzanne-Clark-to-Board-of-Directors|access-date=2021-02-08|website=www.businesswire.com|language=en}}
= U.S. Chamber of Commerce =
Clark's career with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce began in 1997, when she took a position as a top aide to then-CEO Tom J. Donohue. Between 1997 and 2007, Clark held multiple senior positions within the organization, ultimately serving as chief operating officer.
In 2014, Clark was named senior executive vice president of the U.S. Chamber.{{Cite web|last=Staff|first=Edit|date=2010-01-13|title=Atlantic Media's Bradley Hands Stake In Research Firm To National Journal's Clark|url=https://gigaom.com/2010/01/13/419-atlantic-medias-bradley-hands-stake-in-research-firm-to-national-journa/|access-date=2021-02-08|website=gigaom.com|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=LEADERS Interview with Suzanne Clark, President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce|url=http://www.leadersmag.com/issues/2020.2_Apr/Purpose/LEADERS-Suzanne-Clark-U-S-Chamber-of-Commerce.html|access-date=2021-02-08|website=www.leadersmag.com}} In June 2019, she was appointed as president of the Chamber, becoming the first female president in the group's 107-year history.{{Cite news|last1=Hohmann|first1=James|last2=Hamburger|first2=Tom|title=Chamber announces Clark as new president; Donohue to remain as CEO|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/longtime-chamber-president-thomas-donohue-hands-off-post-to-top-aide/2019/06/05/16a250b2-8727-11e9-98c1-e945ae5db8fb_story.html|access-date=2021-02-08|issn=0190-8286}} In March 2021, Clark succeeded Donohue's 24-year tenure as CEO of the Chamber.{{Cite web|last=Treene|first=Hans Nichols,Alayna|title=Scoop: Thomas Donohue to leave U.S. Chamber of Commerce|url=https://www.axios.com/chamber-commerce-tom-donohue-step-down-head-663fe973-7b88-4d72-ab40-e7ead66d196b.html|access-date=2021-02-08|website=Axios|date=5 February 2021 |language=en}}{{Cite news|last=Hirsch|first=Lauren|date=2021-02-09|title=U.S. Chamber of Commerce Names Its First New Leader in 24 Years|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/09/business/chamber-of-commerce-ceo-suzanne-clark.html|access-date=2021-02-10|issn=0362-4331}} Her focus is meeting with lawmakers to shape federal legislation in a pro-business direction.{{Cite news |last=Hamburger |first=Tom |date=February 9, 2021 |title=Chamber of Commerce elevates first woman to CEO role |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/09/suzanne-clark-chamber-of-commerce/ |newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{Cite web |title= U.S. Chamber, API shake up lobbying teams after elections |url=https://www.ceoupdate.com/u-s-chamber-api-shake-up-lobbying-teams-after-elections-2 |access-date=2025-03-20 |website=www.ceoupdate.com}}
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