Robert G. Clark

Robert G. Clark is a U.S. businessman. He is chief executive officer and chairman of Clayco Inc., one of the nation's largest privately owned real estate, architecture, engineering, design-build, and construction firms, which he founded in July 1984. In 2016, Clayco had more than 1,785 employees and revenue of $1.69 billion. In 2015, Engineering News Record (ENR) named Clayco the 17th largest U.S. design-builder and 52nd-largest contractor.

Affiliations

Civic

• Member, Regional Chamber and Growth Association (RCGA)^[1]
• National Finance Committee Member for Senator Barack Obama's Presidential Campaign and served as the Missouri chair for "Committee for Change"
• Greater Chicago Food Depository Board of Directors
• Presidential Appointment to the Committee for the Preservation of the White House^[2]
• Member of the Economic Club of Chicago^[3]

Business

• Member, Urban Land Institute (ULI)
• Member, Young Presidents Organization (Past Chapter Chair)
• World Business Chicago
• Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce

Educational

• Board Member, Central Institute for the Deaf (Past President of The Board)
• Scientific Advisory Council for Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Advisory Board Member, Urban Health Initiative - University of Chicago
• Board of Trustees, University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) ^[4]
• Council of Regents, Loyola University Chicago
• Former Saint Louis University Trustee

Cultural

• Board Member, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
• Board Member, Forest Park Forever
• Business Council of the Art Institute of Chicago

Awards & honors

• Named Construction Man of the Year in 1997 and Entrepreneur of the Year by the AFL-CIO Building Trades Council of St. Louis
• NAACP – Commitment to St. Louis – 2008
• St. Louis Business Journal – Heroes of the Planet – 2008, Sustainable Communities Winner
• Engineering News-Record – Top 100 Green Contractors – 2007-2008
• Focus St. Louis – What’s Right with the Region Awards – 2007, for Improving Racial Equality and Social Justice
• St. Louis Business Journal – St. Louis Influentials – 2005 - 2011
• March of Dimes – Building the Community Lifetime Achievement Award – 2003, for on-going commitment to the St. Louis community
• St. Louis Chapter of the American Jewish Committee - John D. Levy Human Relations Award – 2003, for leadership and commitment through volunteer activities that have improved human relations within the St. Louis region

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