Trent Clark (politician)

Trent Clark
Idaho Republican Party
Preceded by Ron McMurray
Succeeded by John Sandy
Personal details
Born (1948-06-08) June 8, 1948
Twin Falls, Idaho
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Rebecca
Children 3

Trent Clark is a former chair of the Idaho Republican Party and is a lobbyist for Monsanto.

Personal Life and Education

Trent is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Ricks College, and finished his undergraduate at Brigham Young University with honors in political science and botany. He has since done graduate work at the Harvard School of Public Health and at La Selva Research Center in Costa Rica.

He currently resides with his wife, Rebecca, in Soda Springs, Idaho. Together they have two daughters, and one son. [1]

Career

Clark is Chief Environmental Economist for the Joint Economic Committee of Congress and as personal staff to Steve Symms of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.[2][1]

He was appointed by President George H. W. Bush as Director of Idaho’s Farm Service Agency, where he administered the USDA farm income support and conservation programs from July 1991 – January 1993.

He served as the chair of the Idaho Rural Partnership and was the chair of Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry in 2008.[1][3]

Currently he is Director of Public and Government Affairs for Monsanto Company.[1]

Community Involvement

Political Career

He was part of Mike Crapo grassroots election team for Caribou County in 2016.[8]

He was Caribou County Chair for Mike Simpson in 2014[9] and 2016[10] reelections.

He served as a Ted Cruz delegate for Idaho's 2nd congressional district at the 2016 Republican National Convention.[11][12]

He was chairman of the credentials committee for Idaho Republican Party's 2016 State Convention.

He is a recipient of the Eisenhower Commission for Lifetime Service to the Republican Party.

Idaho Republican Party Chair

Clark was first elected as chair in 1998. Won reelection in 2000. Did not run for reelection has chair in 2002. He had Cheryl Miller[13] (1998-2000), Jason Lehosit (2000-2001), and ? has his Executive Director. Idaho Republican Party had the largest percentage of women in the delegation to 2000 Republican National Convention.[14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Biography" (PDF). United States House of Representatives. April 10, 2014. Retrieved April 18, 2017.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ↑ "The Spokesman-Review - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
  3. ↑ "Trent Clark is new IACI chairman". Spokesman.com. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  4. ↑ "Trent Clark | Idaho Technology Council". www.idahotechcouncil.org. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  5. ↑ "Board of Directors :: Idaho Rural Partnership". irp.idaho.gov. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  6. ↑ "Idaho Humanities Council: IHC Board of Directors". www.idahohumanities.org. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  7. ↑ "About - ICF Leadership - Idaho Community Foundation". www.idcomfdn.org. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  8. ↑ "Crapo Announces Idaho Grassroots Leadership Team - Mike Crapo for U.S. Senate". Mike Crapo for U.S. Senate. 2015-09-28. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  9. ↑ "Endorsements | Mike Simpson for Congress - Idahos Congressman". 2017-04-17. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  10. ↑ "Endorsements | Mike Simpson for Congress - Idaho's Congressman". Mike Simpson for Congress – Idaho's Congressman. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  11. ↑ "IDAHO DELEGATE: Economy is at the heart of many political debates - BYU-I Scroll". BYU-I Scroll. 2016-07-19. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  12. ↑ "Idaho Delegation to the 2016 Republican National Convention". www.p2016.org. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  13. ↑ "Twin Falls Public Library". www.tfpl.org. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
  14. ↑ "Twin Falls Public Library". twinfallspubliclibrary.org. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
Party political offices
Preceded by
Ron McMurray		 Chair of the Idaho Republican Party
1998 - June 2002 		Succeeded by
John Sandy
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